In addition to line dancing, Jo’s teaching and dancing experience spans the fields of Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Country, Swing, Salsa, Ballroom, Square Dancing, Round Dancing, Clogging, and Latin. Demand for Jo’s teaching has taken her to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, The Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and all over the United States and Europe. In 2002 she retired from traveling to start a family.
In November of 2004 Jo was diagnosed with a very rare bone marrow disease, Aplastic Anemia. The disease also affected her joints requiring total replacement surgeries on both hips and multiple surgeries on her knees and shoulders. Gladly, through wonderful doctors and lots of prayer, the disease is now in remission and Jo is able to get back to her love of dance! Jo resides in Highlands Ranch, Colorado with her husband, Tim, and their 4 1/2 year old daughter Anna.
Jo Thompson Szymanski has choreographed 330 dances, of which 181 have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is King Of The Road from October 2007, with their most recent stepsheet of One Blood in October 2024.
Additionally, Jo Thompson Szymanski had a CopperKnob no.1 dance in December 2023 with Un Poquito, and has recently had 4 other dances in the top 10.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Y2K - Ronnie Beard
80 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Yes - Merry Clayton : (from Dirty Dancing Movie Soundtrack)
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Dizzy - Scooter Lee
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Catch - Brett Young
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Think - Aretha Franklin
32 Count 4 Wall Ultra Beginner Music: Last Time Uh-Huh - Scooter Lee
64 Count 4 Wall - Music: Country Down to My Soul - Lee Roy Parnell
64 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Jukebox - Michael Martin Murphey
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Intermediate Music: Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Kree Harrison
32 Count 4 Wall Easy Intermediate Music: Lil Mama - Jain : (Album: Zanaka)
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate / Advanced hustle Music: Just Got Paid - *NSYNC
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Giddy Up - Rick Tippe
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Boom Pow - Alexandra Stan : (Album: Alesta)
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Just Fly - Max Barskih : (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: How Long - Eagles
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: The Twist - Ronnie McDowell
64 Count 2 Wall Phrased Intermediate Music: Wild - Lolo : (2:31)
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Cruisin' - Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Til the Shackles Fall Off - Scooter Lee
64 Count 2 Wall Improver Music: Please Please - Scooter Lee
