Frankie Manning Foundation 2023 Scholars Program Application Now Open!
The Deadline is April 9, 2023 11:59 EST. […]
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The Frankie Manning Foundation would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!
The mission of the Frankie Manning Foundation is to carry on the work and spirit of Frankie Manning in spreading the culture and joy of Lindy hop. Here are a few of our accomplishments in recent years: We sponsored Swing With Us NYC to host World Lindy Hop Day at the Alhambra Ballroom as part of the […]
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1998 Interview with Chazz Young
At the 1998 Herräng Dance Camp, Cindy Geiger interviewed Chazz Young about his life and career. The Frankie Manning Foundation thanks Cindy Gardner of TC Swing for permission to reprint “All That Chazz” from Strutters Quarterly. Read the interview here […]
George Sullivan, An Unassuming Man
Written by by Paulette Brockington George Sullivan, Harvest Moon Ball Lindy Division champ of 1955 with then-wife Ruth “Sugar” Sullivan, died at age ninety-three on September 10, 2021 in Miami. The cause was a stroke that left him hospitalized. Called Sully by his friends, he was wise, funny, smart, and inspiring, such a nice man. […]
The Jazz Continuum Streaming until September 9th
The Jazz Continuum is streaming online for free until September 9, 2021 on the Jacob’s Pillow website. The Frankie Manning Foundation would like to congratulate Board Member and Ambassador LaTasha Barnes, and the entire creative team of The Jazz Continuum on their successful world premiere at Jacob’s Pillow 2021 Dance Festival. Following a residency to conceive […]
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World Lindy Hop Day Savoy Ballroom Google Doodle
The Frankie Manning Foundation is thrilled that the Google Doodles team has chosen to highlight the Savoy Ballroom with a swing dance video game and an interview with living legend Sugar Sullivan! Click here for full behind the Doodle scenes. We wish to thank David Madison for helping forge a connection between Google, the Frankie […]
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The Frankie Manning Foundation congratulates the Swing Beijing translation team on the publication of this Chinese-language edition of Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop.
This collaborative group worked very hard for three years to produce an accurate translation (they held auditions for translators!), and we thank them for their extensive efforts to share Frankie’s memoir with dancers in their country. It truly was a labor of love. Organizers: Weiming Zeng, Beibei Huang Publishing: Johnny Tu Coordinators: Nancy Qin, Effie Yang […]
A Message from the Board
The Frankie Manning Foundation would like to make clear that while there was some interaction in the past with Felipe Artefuego by some individual board members and representatives via our social media channel, the FMF Board has never discussed, reviewed nor endorsed the work of Felipe Artefuego. We do recognize that the correspondence from individual […]
The Board Thanks Mandi Gould
The Board of Directors of the Frankie Manning Foundation wishes to thank Mandi Gould for her many years of dedicated service. Mandi volunteered with our Ambassador Program from 2010-2012. After joining the board from 2012-2020 (with a leave in 2015), she worked tirelessly to support our mission of sharing Lindy hop and Frankie’s legacy with […]
