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 […]
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Announcing a Chinese Translation of Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop!!
I share this information with great excitement: A Chinese translation of Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop is underway! The project has been in the planning stages since November 2016, and is coming to fruition thanks to the vision and persistence of Zeng Weiming (dance teacher, co-organizer of Swing Beijing, owner of Cats Corner Beijing), Nancy Qin […]
2018 FRANKIE MANNING AMBASSADOR: KEVIN HARRIS, DALLAS, TEXAS
Introducing Herrang 2018 Ambassador #5, Kevin Harris In Bob Crease’s Profile of Frankie Manning, featured HERE, he quotes Frankie on learning Lindy hop in Harlem, back in the day: So, too, with the Frankie Manning Foundation Ambassador program. Our Ambassadors and hopefuls are first exposed to social swing dancing events and classes in their local […]
The Board of Advisors of the Frankie Manning Foundation welcomes Tena Morales-Armstrong!
The Frankie Manning Foundation Board of Advisors is thrilled to welcome Tena Morales-Armstrong as the newest member of the board. Tena Morales-Armstrong is a dedicated promoter and producer of several national dance events. She is currently co-producer of the International Lindy Hop Championships, Lindyfest, the Houston Jazz Dance Festival and International Swing Dance Championships. In […]
2018 Frankie Manning Ambassadors: Breonna Jordan & Darold Alexander
Rising stars in New Orleans, a great city for music and dance, Breonna Jordan and Darold Alexander teach and perform regularly at Bamboula’s. They were our first Ambassadors to attend New Orleans Swing Dance Festival and Lindy Focus. They will be our first Herrang Ambassadors from the “deep South” of the US, coming Weeks 2, […]
2018 Frankie Manning Ambassador: Roy Romero Vivanco, Guadalajara, Mexico
Introducing Roy Romero Vivanco, who fell hard for lindy hop in Mexico City with Swing Dance Mexico. He has gone on to build a thriving new scene in Guadalajara, Mexico. He’ll be a Frankie Ambassador at Herrang during Weeks 3,4 and 5, and he’ll be there pretty much the whole summer. […]
2018 Frankie Manning Ambassador: Jose Manhica
Meet Manuel Jose Manhica who will be attending Herrang this summer as a Frankie Ambassador. He has done an amazing job teaching these teens in Mozambique the lindy hop and Big Apple. […]
Message from Okurut George of Uganda
The Frankie Manning Foundation provided a scholarship for Okurut George of Uganda to attend the Mozambique Afro-Swing Exchange. He posted this nice acknowledgment on Facebook today about his experience: facebook Okurut George tagged you and 6 others in a post in Frankie Manning – Lindy Hop. Okurut wrote: “I need to take this moment of appreciating everyone who support […]
Lindy Hop in Central & South America
The mission of the Frankie Manning Foundation is to spread the joy of lindy hop around the world. We are happy to see new communities sprouting up in Central and South America, including in Bogota and Medellin, Colombia. Please consider supporting their campaign to improve their skills and build community at Swing Break 2018 in […]
The growth of African-American participants in the lindy hop community
Frankie Manning would be very pleased at the growth of African-American participants in the lindy hop community. Look at this post from Kenneth Shipp about Lindy Focus and Jeff Liu-Leyco‘s photo. One of my favorite moments from Focus… Before you ask, this actually wasn’t all the black folk at Focus. We couldn’t get everyone together for the number […]
Fundraiser for Chazz Young in Toronto
Charitable Workshop in Toronto Workshop with Chachi & Mandi On Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 there will be a charitable workshop in Toronto to support Chazz Young. Who is Chazz Young? Chazz Young is a tap, jazz, and Lindy Hop dancer, was one of Norma Miller’s Jazzmen in the 1950’s, and is Frankie Manning’s son. He […]
The One-8 Project
The green screen photo booth at Frankie 100. More than 3 years in the making, the One-8 project is a 6 song long stop motion Lindy Hop animation starring 760 dancers from 37 countries. The producers, Tim Collins and Ruchi Aviles in Mexico City, have been working hard to make this project a reality. You […]
