Last year we began an initiative in the month of November to highlight youth in lindy hop. This year we’re bringing #YoungsterMonth back and you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter to enjoy a variety of posts highlighting children and teenagers in our dance community. You might wonder about the word “youngster”; this was […]
THE FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE – “The Big Apple Part 1”
THE FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE Frankie Manning demonstrates steps from the Big Apple. Video Courtesy of Lance Benishek. 1. Stomp Off 2. Hop 3. Cross 4. Rock Time 5. Boogie 6. Boogie back 7. Applejack (“Ho”) 8. Gaze Afar THE FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE is an ongoing project to digitize significant footage of lindy […]
Guest Post: Vote for Hellzapoppin’ for the National Film Preservation Board
Guest post by Ricardo Ferraro The internet has plenty of posts related to relevant lindy hop dance movies. But, what if there was a program to preserve the original copies of these movies ? Indeed, there is one: The Library Of Congress Film Registry from the Library Of Congress National Film Preservation Board. And the […]
Announcing the Frankie Manning Media Archive
The FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE is digitizing significant footage of lindy hop’s greatest ambassador, Frankie Manning. Much of this footage is rare and never-before-seen. This Frankie Manning footage will be freely available to inspire and educate dancers all around the world. The FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE is volunteer produced by the Frankie Manning Foundation. Consider […]
Frankie Manning on French Television, 1990 (Age 76)
I just want to make sure everyone gets to see this amazing video that Jean-Christophe Hep and Eric Esquivel found featuring Frankie Manning at age 76 dancing with Judy Pritchett and also featuring Cyd Charisse! (Interviews are translated into French.) This is truly an amazing find. Enjoy! 22 sep 1990, "Etoile Palace" démonstration de Lindy hop […]
Summer Fun in Houston
Lindy Hopper Andrea Cody has been running a summer dance camp for kids for the 12th year in a row. Presented at Soreal Dance Studio by Dance Houston No Limits Summer Dance Camp Choreography: Andrea Cody Here’s a video of kids doing the Shim Sham with some freestyle at the end. Here’s a girls jazz […]
Profile 15: Naomi Waller
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here for Page 1: 15Profiles_Naomi Waller1. Click here […]
Profile 14: Pal Andrews
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here: 14Profiles_Pal Andrews […]
Profile 13: Willie Jones
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here: 13Profiles_Willie Jones148 […]
Profile 12: Eunice Callen
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here for Page 1: 12Profiles_Eunice Callen1 Click here […]
Profile 11: Harry Rowe
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here for Page 1: 11Profiles_Harry Rowe1 Click here for […]
Profile 10: Elnora Dyson
The Frankie Manning Foundation is delighted to make these lively and informative articles by Bob Crease accessible to dancers everywhere. We’ll be publishing one profile a week throughout #FrankieMonth 2018, and will continue until they are all uploaded. For more information about this series, click here. Enjoy! Click here: 10Profiles_Elnora Dyson […]
