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 332 dances, of which 183 have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is King Of The Road from October 2007, with their most recent stepsheet of Supa Fly in March 2025.
Additionally, Jo Thompson Szymanski had a CopperKnob no.1 dance in December 2023 with Un Poquito.
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: 3 Tequila Floor - Josiah Siska
32 Compte 4 Mur Beginner - Foxtrot Musique: Come Dance With Me - Nancy Hays
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Un Poquito - Diego Torres & Carlos Vives
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Dance (Our Own Party) - The Busker
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Wet Tennis - Sofi Tukker
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Country In Me - Lauren Alaina
48 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Misbehavin' - Pentatonix : (iTunes and amazon)
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: 6's to 9's (feat. Rationale) - Big Wild
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Dizzy - Scooter Lee
64 Compte 2 Mur Phrased Intermediate Musique: Wild - Lolo : (2:31)
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate - 'Rolling 8' count Musique: Pull You Through - Maggie Rose
48 Compte 4 Mur High Beginner Musique: Peppermint Twist - Sha Na Na : (40th Anniversary Collectors Edition)
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Where Did My Baby Go? - Kenny Wayne
48 Compte 2 Mur Intermediate Musique: Never Gonna Fool Me - Matt Dusk
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Saxxy - Brendan Mills, Masove & Tess Burrstone
48 Compte 4 Mur Easy Intermediate Musique: Remember You Young - Thomas Rhett : (3:00)
32 Compte 4 Mur Beginner Musique: Double Dutch Bus (Radio Edit) - Frankie Smith
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Stomping Ground - Hayley Jensen
32 Compte 4 Mur Intermediate Musique: Catch - Brett Young
32 Compte 4 Mur Improver Musique: Just Fly - Max Barskih : (iTunes, Amazon, etc.)