Lindy Hop, the original Swing Dance

 

SAVOYSTYLE SHOP
  Vintage Videos
  Instructional Videos
  Frankie Manning CD
  Norma Miller Book
  "Can't Top" Videos

BIOGRAPHIES
First Generation:
Shorty George
Leroy Stretch Jone
Twistmouth George
The  Golden Age:
Whitey's Lindy Hprs.
Sandra Gibson
George Grenidge
Leon James
Ann Johnson

 

Al Minns 

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One of the great dancers of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Al Minns was an energetic dancer with a wild, crazy-leg style reminiscent of "Long-Legged George" Grenidge. Minns was in Whitey's top group, known as The Harlem Congaroos and apppeared in the feature film Hellzapoppin' and in the popular soundie Hot Chocolates.  As the youngest dancer in this group, he was particularly fit and flexible. On the initial backstep of his swingout, he formed a striking horizontal plane. 

Dorothy  Johnson
Norma Miller
Al Minns
Frankie Manning
Mildred Pollard
Billy Ricker
Willa Mae Ricker
Russell Williams 
MOVIES
 After Seben
The Big Apple
Films
Call Of The Jitterbug
Can't Top the Lindy H
Cootie Williams
Cottontail
Day At The Races 
Minns continued to perform Lindy Hop and jazz dance with James thru the fifties and sixties. They both feature prominently in Mura Dehn's The Spirit Moves, in solo and duet performance. They performed in nightclubs, worked the college campus circuit with Marshall Stearns, and also made a number of TV appearances.
Chicago &
All That Jazz 
Frankie Manning
 Instructional Videos
Hellzapoppin'
Hot Chocolates 
Jammin'the Blues 
Jittering Jitterbugs
Killer Diller 
Malcolm X 
Manhattan 
Merry-Go-Round
Outline Jitterbug Hist
Radio City Revels 
The Spirit Moves 
Stompin' at the Savoy 
Swing Kids 
Swingin'at the Savoy 
Symphony in Black
SAVOYSTYLE SHOP
  Vintage Videos
  Instructional Videos
  Frankie Manning CD
  Norma Miller Book
  "Can't Top" Videos
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Written and researched by Judy Pritchett with Frankie Manning (C)1995,1996,1997.May be reproduced only with explicit written permission. Last updated:1 September 1997. Send your suggestions, corrections or comments to judyp@mcn.org This Archive is also part of the World Lindy Hop Federation Archives maintained by Keith Hughes.