Biography
In 1965, at the age of 15, Schwimmer invented a new American partner dance, which he called "Nightclub Two Step". He developed this dance while practicing dance with his sister and searching for a way to dance to popular slow ballads.
Schwimmer had a dance studio in Costa Mesa for 22 years, and worked out of Moreno Valley for 10 years, teaching on the road.
In the mid 1990s, Schwimmer opened the "5-6-7-8 Dance Studio" in Redlands, California.
On July 31, 2006, Schwimmer's "5-6-7-8 Dance Studio" suffered a major fire while Schwimmer was in Los Angeles watching his son, Benji, compete on the program "So You Think You Can Dance". The studio, which holds both private lessons and classes with from 5 to 25 students, resumed full operations in September 2006.
In 2011, the studio 5-6-7-8 suffered another bout with mother nature and was forced to close. Buddy being the trooper he is found another building and built a bigger and better studio and reopened under a new name "Schwimmer's The Dance Center" with over 6,000 square feet (560 m2) of dance floor and 3 room for classes, the largest being approximately 3,000 square feet (280 m2) with the coolest ceiling fan you've ever seen. The New studio located at 1445 West Park Avenue, Redlands California 92373 held its Grand Opening in March to over 400 visitors dancing the night away to the music of Jumpin' Jack Smith with special exhibitions by Benji Schwimmer, Torri Smith and Brennar Goree, Tom and Sossy Hyatt and many others.
In 2012, Buddy purchased a campground in Arrowbear and plans to open a "non-profit" camp so that everyone can experience dance! His "Buddy Schwimmer's Resort to Dance" is currently undergoing renovations.
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