Ben O’Neal

Ben O’Neal has been partner dancing for 15 years. While he starting in ballroom, he quickly found social dances like salsa and west coast swing to devote the majority of his time. He became obsessed with the learning and teaching process of wcs and really let it engulf his dance life. Through this process he found that he could implement other dances into his wcs, unknowingly to him, starting his fusion journey. It wasn't until he found fusion properly that he stopped calling himself a wcs dancer and realized all he’s ever wanted to do was fuze. After years of learning the rights and wrongs of dance fusion gave him an open ended canvas to explore and create. He still loves to pull from his past dance experiences but now prefers exploring the boundless creativity fusion offers. Teaching and community building Ben O’Neal started teaching independently as a teenager mainly giving privates to competitive dancers, teaching weekly group classes and group glasses for events. Once he finished college he decided he wanted to help build the fusion community in SoCal. He decided to start cohosting a dance in Costa Mesa called Fading Traditions with Srishti Jacob the founder and organizer of Creation Fusion London. As well as help found and organize IE swing and OC swing dances in the inland empire and Orange County respectively. Ben is excited to share his passion of fusion anywhere he goes and hope to support the community in any way he can.