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 […]
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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 […]
Dawn Hampton Celebration
Click here to Book Now Judson Memorial Church55 Washington Square SouthNew York, NY 10012 Directions Celebration at 4pm followed by The Feast and Dancing Till Midnight Presented by the Fans of Dawn Hampton With support from the Frankie Manning Foundation Photo of Dawn Hampton by Lynn Redmile […]
Dawn Hampton Fund
Friends of Dawn Hampton, Since losing Dawn a few days ago, there has been a tremendous outpouring of feeling. Dawn Hampton has been one of the guiding lights of our Lindy Hop family, and we will all cherish her memory. This fundraiser is a continuation of the one that George Gee started that has already […]
Frankie Manning recognized in today’s Google Doodle!!! Happy birthday, Frankie!
Google honors Frankie Manning The Frankie Manning Foundation is are thrilled to announce that Frankie Manning is the Google Doodle today! Huge thanks to Google for honoring the memory and legacy of this legendary Lindy hopper on his 102nd birthday!! Google is running the Doodle in 15 regions, including North America and the UK. To […]
