Henry Costa

HOPPING MAD! DANCE PRODUCTIONS

Welcome to the official web site of Line Dance Choreographer & Instructor "Mr. Hopping Mad" Henry Costa. Celebrating 27 years of Dancin' Fun!

Henry Costa
Dance Choreographer and Instructor- Hopping Mad! Dance Productions


I started Line Dancing 27 years ago after a friend thought I was spending too much time studying at college and thought I deserved to have a little fun in my life too. I was shown an ad for Line Dance classes at Swiss Park in Newark, CA. I attended my first Line Dance class learning “Traveling Four Corners” and “Diamonds Are Forever” taught by Charlotte Skeeters and Neil Hale. I was very fortunate to learn from both of them. They were both a big influence in my dancing career and have been positive role models to me ever since. I choreographed my first dance “You Know I Love You” in December of 1997 and it was taught for the first time during the classes at Swiss Park. I have been choreographing dances ever since, including official dances for Country Artists Ernie Oldfield, J.W. Houston, Jewels Hanson and the California Cowboys. I have now choreographed 48 dances to date. Some of my most memorable events where when I appeared and opened up concerts and public events with country artists such as the Zac Brown Band, The Band Perry, Joey + Rory, Jamie O’Neil, Jerrod Niemann just to name a few. They were always fun plus the events gave me a chance to introduce line dancing to people who have never experienced it and give them some fun memories to remember for the rest of their lives. I currently teach Beginner and Intermediate lessons every Thursday Night at the Fremont Adult and Continuing Education in Fremont, CA.. The best thing about teaching dance is that not only are people having fun learning and dancing but, I am helping them have a healthy and happy life. My biggest goal is to help continue the tradition of Line Dance for many more current and future generations to enjoy!

See you on the dance floor and have fun dancin’!

Henry Costa

BEGINNING LINE DANCE CLASS RETURNS ON NOV.7TH !

New Line Dance Classes start Thursday Nov. 7th Fremont Adult School and Continuing Education located at 4700 Calaveras Ave, Fremont, CA. Beginner class from 6:45pm to 7:30pm and Open Dance 6:30pm to 6:45pm! sign up and more information please click on the links below and please call 510-793-6465 for more information. Also visit the Fremont Adult School web site below.!

I would like to share dance memories throughout my first 27 years of dance. The first one is of course my first choreographed dance, "You Know I Love You". You Know I Love You was choreographed back during the end of my first year of dancing on Dec. 19, 1997 after hearing the the wonderful vocals and music of the new group, Dixie Chicks. The dance was one of the first to have a message in sign language "I Love You" included within the steps. I was inspired to choreograph Line Dances after starting taking dance lessons earlier in year from two great role models Neil Hale and Charlotte Skeeters at Swiss Park in Newark, CA. Enjoy!
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  •  11/21/2024 06:30 PM
  •   Fremont Adult and Continuing Education 4700 Calaveras Avenue Fremont, CA 94538

Beginner Class. 6:45pm - 7:30pm Open Dance: 6:30pm - 6:45pm Line Dance Lessons: TBA

  •  12/5/2024 06:30 PM
  •   Fremont Adult and Continuing Education 4700 Calaveras Avenue

Beginner Class. 6:45pm - 7:30pm Open Dance: 6:30pm - 6:45pm Line Dance Lessons: TBA

  •  11/7/2024 06:30 PM
  •   Fremont Adult and Continuing Education 4700 Calaveras Avenue Fremont, CA 94538

Beginner Class. 6:45pm - 7:30pm Open Dance: 6:30pm - 6:45pm Line Dance Lessons: T.B.A

BEGINNER LINE DANCE CLASSES

New Line Dance Classes start Thursday Nov. 7th at Fremont Adult School and Continuing Education located at 4700 Calaveras Ave, Fremont, CA. Beginner class from 6:45pm to 7:30pm and Open dance 6:30pm to 6:45pm sign up and more information please click on the links below for Covid-19 protocols and please call 510-793-6465 for more information. Also visit the Fremont Adult School web site below.

Beginner line dance class

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Recent Dances Taught by "Mr. Hopping Mad! Henry Costa"

Thursday Nov 7, 2024

EZ to Remember (Rosie Multari)

Stand By Me (Raymond Sarlemijn & Roy Verdonk

Two Step (Robert Royston)

Recent Dances Taught

Lurking In The Dark (Tina Argyle)

Ghostbusters (Amy Christian)

Cross Over (Scott Lanius)

EZ to Remember (Rosie Multari)

My Girls Waltz (Cindy Truelove)

Nashville Kick (Cindy Truelove)

Sugar, Sugar (Linda Chapman)

Who Needs To Know (Joshua Talbot)

Stand By Me (Raymond Sarlemijn & Roy Verdonk

Gold (Thomas Malle)

Fun to drink with (Maggie Shipley)

Canadian Stroll (Bill Bader)

Travel To The Beat (Henry Costa)

Bullfrog On A Log (Cef Decaney)

That Honky Tonk Highway (Maggie Shipley)

Mamma Maria (Frank Trace)

Ah Si! (Rita Musar)

Bit of Irish (Rita Masur)

Urban Life (AT Joven)

Road House Rock (Rob Fowler)

Beginner Waltz (Rosalie Mackay)

Stand By Me (Raymond Sarlemijn & Roy Verdonk)

Cotton Eyed Joe (Unknown)

Attitude (Evelyn Khinoo)

Traveling Four Corners (Unknown)

Red Hot Salsa (Christina Browne)

Two Step (Robert Royston)

Fun to drink with (Maggie Shipley)

Alley Cat (Donna Aiken)

Travel To The Beat (Henry Costa)

Good At Being Bad (Maggie Shipley)

Lurking In The Dark (Tina Argyle)

Canadian Stroll (Bill Bader)

Banjo Bump (Sher Mcintosh)

Who Needs To Know (Joshua Talbot)

Country Bump (Darren Bailey)

Pass Me A Beer (Carrie Ann Earl)

That Honky Tonk Highway (Maggie Shipley)

Bullfrog On A Log (Cef Decaney)

That Honky Tonk Highway (Maggie Shipley)

Fireball! [Easy Club Version] (Lana Williams)

EZ Cinco de Mayo (Debbie Small)

Bally's Mambo (Rosie Multari)

Ribbon of Highway (Neil Hale)

Sugar, Sugar (Linda Chapman)

Beginners Jig (Karen Tripp)

Red Hot Salsa (Christina Browne)

Rockin The Wagon Wheel (Jamie Marshall)

My Girls Waltz (Cindy Truelove)

My Girls waltz (video)

Mama's Words (Henry Costa)

Feliz Navidad (Yeo Yu Puay)

Holly Jolly Christmas (ROHO line dance & Roosamekto Mamek)

The Morning After (Gary O'Reilly & Maggie Gallagher

Hayya Hayya (Ray Jones & Matt Lewis)

Broken Stones (Dee Musk)

Rhythm & Rain (Kim Ray)

Clouds In The Sky (Sue Hsu & Kathy Chang)

I'm Getting Over You (Pam Horst)

Beginner stroll (Violet Ray)

Mamma Maria (Frank Trace)

Ah Si! (Rita Musar)

Electric Slide (Ric Silver)

Cupid Shuffle (Bernard Bryson)

Stray Cat Strut (unknown)

Jackson Waltz (choreographed by Marie Sorensen)

Cheeky Charleston (Luke Shrimpton)

Lady Jungle (Meta Batam)

Uptown Funk AB (Debbie Hogg)

Mama's Words (Henry Costa)

Ah Si! (Rita Musar)

Steps to a Better Tomorrow (Henry Costa)

Bit of Irish (Rita Masur)

Hold My Hand (Pamela Williams)

Feliz Navidad ( Yeo Yu Puay)

A Holly Jolly Christmas (Susan Prats)

Bullfrog On A Log (Cef Decaney)

Lurking In The Dark (Tina Argyle)

Living It Up (Dee Musk)

Blacking Out (Henry Costa)

K Is For Kicks (Christopher Gonzalez)

Waltz Across Texas (Lois Nielson & John Nielson)

Simple (Stephen Pistoia & Laura Stanton)

Hot Tamales Jr ( Jo Thompson Szymanski & John Robinson)

Jive Walkin' (John Robinson)

Bosa Nova (Phil Dennington)

Keep Young (Maggie Gallagher)

Living It Up (Dee Musk)

DN Waltz (Niels Poulsen)

The Galway Gathering (Maggie Gallagher & Gary O'Reilly)

Linda Lu (Neil Hale)

Ribbon of Highway (Neil Hale)

One Step At A Time (Jeffrey Callejo)

Mama's Words (Henry Costa)

China Groove (Henry Costa)

It's Chinese New Year (Marchy Susilani)

Smokey Places (Michele Perron)

Rain Dance ( Tina Argyle )

My Brother (Henry Costa)

Rocket To The Sun (Maddison Glover)

Heart Body & Soul (Yvonne Anderson, Ira Weisburd & Ruben Luna 

Good Vibes (Fred Whitehouse)

Christmas Cookies (Michael Barr & Michele Burton)

Leontine Court (Henry Costa)

Ride It (Raymond Sarlemijn.)

Mamma Maria (Frank Trace)

Uptown Funk AB (Debbie Hogg)

Groovy Love (Fred Whitehouse, Daniel Trepat, Jonas Dahlgren)

Boots On Stomp (Chris Rees)

Lurking In The Dark (Tina Argyle)

Honky Tonky Halloween (ilona tessmer-willis)

Triple J (Michael Barr)

Sugar Sugar (Doug Miranda)

Rockin The Wagon Wheel (Jamie Marshall)

The Git Up (Blanco Brown)

When You Smile ( José miguel Belloque Vane, Roy Verdonk)

Dade County Dip (Cupid)

Mamma Maria (Frank Trace)

Bosa Nova (Phil Dennington)

M.I.B. (James O. Kellerman)

Yes M'am, No M'am (Ria Vos)

Stray Cat Strut (Unknown)

Jive Walkin' (John Robinson)

Ahi Si! (Rita Musar)

New World (Sharon Hutchinson)

East Bound Bandit (Sue Smyth)

Strait Cha-Cha (Sal Gonzalez )

Zydeco Lady (Chris Hookie)

Alley Cat (Donna Aiken)

Jamaica Funk (Roland Ford)

Fireball! [Easy Club Version] (Lana Williams)

Ready For Action (Guyton Mundy)

Blessed (Jackie Miranda)

Sand (Jill Weiss)

Bullfrog on a Log (Cef Decaney)

Two Step (Robert Royston – Dance Y'All Crew)

Cha Cha Lengua (Neil Hale)

Jamaica Funk (Roland Ford)

Simple (Stephen Pistoia & Laura Stanton)

Zydeco Lady (Chris Hookie)

Strait Cha-Cha (Sal Gonzalez)

Hustle Bustle (Betty Clarke)

Cinco De Mayo (Jo Thompson Szymanski and Alan Livett)

Mexican Waltz (Jackie Lincoln)

Walkman (Henry Costa)

Midnight Waltz (Jo Thompson Szymanski)

I Love A Rainy Night (Iris M. Mooney)

Keep It Simple (Maggie Gallagher)

Yes M'am, No M'am (Ria Vos)

Good Vibes (Fred Whitehouse)

Country Bump (Darren Bailey)

Irish Stew (Lois Lightfoot)

Bit of Irish (Rita Masur)

Rocket to the Sun (Madison Glover)

Moves Like Jagger (Bracken Ellis)

Running Bear (Neil Hale)

Midnight Waltz  (Jo Thompson Szymanski)

Do It Like This (Jonno Liberman)

Togetherness (Henry Costa)

Addicted To Love (Max Perry)

See You Later Alligator (Marie Sørensen)

Two Step (Robert Royston – Dance Y'All Crew)

Like She Used To ( Hayley Wheatley)

Simple (Stephen Pistoia & Laura Stanton)

Born To Be Great (Conrad Farnham)

Codigo (Pat Stott)

Get Ya Some (Dee Blansett & Rob Holley)

Mexican Waltz (Tong Ching Lin)

Rockin' The Wagon Wheel (Jamie Marshall)

Little Bitty Pretty One (Kitty Russell )

Ex's and Oh's (Amy Glass)

Do A Little Dance (Henry Costa)   

Boots On Stomp (Chris Rees)

Do The Koduro (Rudy Honing)

Triple J (Michael Barr)

Cupid Shuffle (Bernard Bryson)

Christmas Cookies (Michael Barr & Michele Burton)

Beer For My Horses (Christine Bass)

A Jolly Christmas (Stephanie Chong)

Snowflake Twist (Rudy Honing)

Half A Cha (Rob Fowler)

Happy Ever After Love (John Robinson)

Groovy Love (Fred Whitehouse, Daniel Trepat, Jonas Dahlgren)

Jacky Joker (Henry Costa)

Henry's Newest Dance: My Brother


My Brother from Henry Costa on Vimeo.


Want to teach or learn Henry's dances. The step descriptions to all of Henry's current and past dances are below. Written Visual Step description have [written/visual] next to the name of the dance. Just click on the Name of The Dance. Please e-mail if any questions regrading the dances or the music. Thanks!

My Brother (Beg)  Blacking Out (Beg)  Brighter Life (Beg)   California Cowboy (Beg)  California Surfin (Int)  China Groove (Int)  Clean House  (Adv Beg)  Colorado Blvd (Adv Beg)   Cowgirl Mansion (Int) [written visual] Crazy Horses (Imp)  Dance Direction (Beg) Daybreak (Beg)  Do A Little Dance (Int)  Dreaming of You (Int)  First Time (Int)  Freedom (Int) [written/visual]  Guardians (Adv Beg) Hawaiian Sunrise (Beg)Heartbreak Sea (Int)  Hopping Mad! (beg/int) [written/visual]  Im onto You (beg) [written/visual]  Inferno.(beg) [written/visual]  Jacky Joker.(beg/int) [written/visual]  Leontine Court (Beg/Int) Line Dance Evolution (Int) [written visual]  Lost Love (Beg)  Love Forevermore (Int)  Love Struck Kid (Int) [written/visual] Luckiest Girl (Beg)  Mamas Words (beg) [written/visual]  Pure Passion (Int Adv)  Sexy and Smooth (Imp) Shaolin Dance (Int) Single and Lookin. (beg) [written/visual]  Sreps To A Better Tomorrow (Beg)  Strollin (int) [written/visual]  Swing Revival (Beg)  Swiss Park (Adv Beg)  Temptin (Adv Beg)  Thrive (Int) Togetherness (beg) [written/visual] Travel to the Beat (Adv Beg) Travellin' Cowboy (Beg)  Velvet Virgin (Int) Walkman (Adv Beg)  Wild Side (int) [written/visual]  Yee Haa (int/adv) {written/visual]  You Know I Love You (Beg/Int)

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