Line Dance Connection:

What's your name? Do you have any dance nicknames that you're known by?

Tiffany Lewis:

My name is Tiffany Lewis and my dance nicknames are “Bounty” and “Boomkat”.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Where are you from and what city do you call home?

Tiffany Lewis:

I am from all over the United States…..I’m a military brat.  Right now I call Farmington, MI home.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

What do you do in your professional life? Any hobbies outside of dance?

Tiffany Lewis:

I work in the healthcare industry.

 

Outside of dance I like to read, travel and be spontaneous.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

So what do they call this dance craze in your home town? Line Dancing, Hustling, Sliding, Other?

Tiffany Lewis:

In Michigan we call this dance craze hustling.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Are you affiliated with any group or groups?

Tiffany Lewis:

I am a member of DPK and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How long have you been dancing?

Tiffany Lewis:

I have been hustling for 7 years

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How did you get involved in dancing?

Tiffany Lewis:

I got involved by literally being pulled on the floor in a club. LOL

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

After you attended your very first class, how did you feel?

Tiffany Lewis:

After I attended my first class I felt like dance was a good way to get exercise.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How did you get into choreography?                                               

Tiffany Lewis:

Actually I was pushed in choreography.  I liked a song that didn’t have a hustle to it….so the group told me to create one.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

How many dances have you created and what was the very first dance you created?

Tiffany Lewis:

I have created 5 dances.  My first dance was “Hot Tottie” (Moonshine).

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Of all your dances which one would you say is your favorite?

Tiffany Lewis:

Of all of my dances, my fav is “T.P. Bang”….created with Perry.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

In your own words, what makes dancing special?

Tiffany Lewis:

Dancing is special because it allows you to interpret the music and the dance in your own way.  I, for one, like to use every part of my body when I dance.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

If you could change one thing about dancing, what would it be?

Tiffany Lewis:

If I could change one thing about dance, I would change the cost.  It is costly to attend local and out of town events.

 

 

Line Dance Connection:

Tell me one thing about yourself that the dance community would find surprising.

Tiffany Lewis:

One thing about me that would surprise my dance family is that my name is Tiffany.  Hence T.P. Bang (Tiffany & Perry Bang).  Michelle is my middle name, although a lot of people call me Michelle because of my Facebook page.