Michel Tosto

Michel has been swing dancing ever since 1999. While in the beginning he was the worst student in the class, he never despaired and once he "got it", he quickly became a "regular", absorbing as much knowledge as he could. Today, he has danced in many places, Australia, Singapore and Japan being some of the most far-off from his hometown of Montreal, Canada. Keeping Lindy Hop a social dance, he never competed. Nonetheless, he has been a driving force behind many well-known and remembered swing events in Montreal. He's behind the Montreal’s mini-exchange in 2003; part of the group who revived the famous Swing Ring (the birthplace of Montreal’s Swing scene) for one special and packed night in 2005; the co-founder of Swing l’Été, now Montreal’s most crowded swing event with more than 500 dancers attending; and Montreal's first Lindy Exchange, the MTLX 2005. He also wrote an article (in french) about how knowledge is transferred between dancers in Montreal’s swing community.

Now in Saigon, Michel works for VinaSecurities, a stock brokerage house under the VinaCapital group. His role is to take care of institutional clients. He looks forward to contributing to the development of a vibrant swing dancing community in Vietnam.