First it was the introverted Finns coming out of their shells and dancing close to the Tango. Then, the shy Japanese getting into latin music and swing. Now it’s the Swedes getting into the Lindy Hop.
Frankie “Musclehead" Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing dance style of the 1930s ...
There's swing dancing, and then there's Lindy Hop. Don't know what Lindy Hop is? There may be no better way to find out than this weekend at the eighth annual Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, a festival ...
This special Friday session of Harlem Speaks will take place at the Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue (between 120th and 122nd Streets). Legendary dancer/choreographer Frankie Manning will be ...