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 3 other dances in the top 10.
Choreografin Stepsheets
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: 3 Tequila Floor - Josiah Siska
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner - Foxtrot Musik: Come Dance With Me - Nancy Hays
32 Count 4 Wand Improver Musik: Un Poquito - Diego Torres & Carlos Vives
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Dance (Our Own Party) - The Busker
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Country In Me - Lauren Alaina
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Wet Tennis - Sofi Tukker
48 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Misbehavin' - Pentatonix : (iTunes and amazon)
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: 6's to 9's (feat. Rationale) - Big Wild
64 Count 2 Wand Phrased Intermediate Musik: Wild - Lolo : (2:31)
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate - 'Rolling 8' count Musik: Pull You Through - Maggie Rose
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Dizzy - Scooter Lee
48 Count 4 Wand High Beginner Musik: Peppermint Twist - Sha Na Na : (40th Anniversary Collectors Edition)
32 Count 4 Wand Improver Musik: Where Did My Baby Go? - Kenny Wayne
48 Count 2 Wand Intermediate Musik: Never Gonna Fool Me - Matt Dusk
48 Count 4 Wand Easy Intermediate Musik: Remember You Young - Thomas Rhett : (3:00)
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Saxxy - Brendan Mills, Masove & Tess Burrstone
32 Count 4 Wand Beginner Musik: Double Dutch Bus (Radio Edit) - Frankie Smith
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: Catch - Brett Young
32 Count 4 Wand Improver Musik: Just Fly - Max Barskih : (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)
32 Count 4 Wand Intermediate Musik: The Bounce - Outasight : (Single)
