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30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: Favorite Classic Clip

19.10.2012 by Chris

Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the
“30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge“.

We're reaching the middle of the series.

Week #15: Classic Clip “A Day At The Races”

Beside Hellzapoppin (who would have thought it?…), there's another classic clip I can watch again and again:

That's a very lively clip, there's so much going on. I love Ivie Anderson, the dancing fat man is cult and of course the inspiring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, although without Frankie Manning!

It was another group of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers dancing in this clip. At that time, Frankie was performing with his group at the Cotton Club in New York.

Frankie writes in his book [easyazon-link asin=”1592135641″ locale=”us”]Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop[/easyazon-link]:

“Some people think that I choreographed Day at the Races, but I don't say that. Before the Ethel Waters group left New York, each couple did their own solo, and I coached them and gave them suggestions about where to put steps. This is where their individuality came out.

Then I gave them the ensemble section, which included the horses that are done at the end of the scene. […]

The routine was shortened in the movie, so I can't say they did exactly what I choreographed, but it's fair to say that I was partly responsible. […]”

Frankie wasn't jealous that not his group got to be in the movies. To be performing at the Cotton Club was a big deal!

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Filed Under: Dance Tagged With: 30 Day Lindy Hop Challenge, 30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge, A Day At The Races, Frankie Manning, Hellzapoppin, Lindy Hop, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging (Documentary)

26.05.2010 by Chris

Happy Birthday Frankie!

Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging, is a half hour documentary produced and directed by Julie Cohen, the producer of the hugely popular shows The Jews of New York and New York Goes to War.

“Frankie Manning was a man who truly LIVED every moment of his life”, said Julie Cohen, director of the documentary. “Having spent the past two months watching hundreds of hours of footage of him dancing from the 1930s to the present, I’ve seen the joy he took in every step.”

The program also features an interview with Ruthie Rheingold, a 92 year old Jewish woman, who along with her partner Harry Rosenberg made up the only white couple to dance in Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, and a reunion between Frankie and Ruthie, caught on film.

Never Stop Swinging

Frankie Manning - Never Stop Swinging

“Never Stop Swinging” features the last major interview of Frankie Manning before his death, as well as precious archival footage of his dancing from the 1930s to 2009 in New York, Hollywood, Sweden, France, Italy and Singapore.

Footage highlights include scenes of Frankie Manning’s birthday parties, where he danced with one woman for each year he’d been alive, the legendary dance scene choreographed and headlined by Frankie Manning for the movie “Hellzapoppin'” and the phenomenal duet with his 76-year-old son, Chazz Young, himself a professional dancer. Frankie was a born storyteller, with a huge smile and an even bigger laugh.

The documentary was premiering on Thursday, 21st May 2009, on Thirteen.

What do you think about this documentary? Please leave a comment!

Related Posts:

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Filed Under: History/Culture, Personalities Tagged With: Documentary, Frankie Manning, Lindy Hop, Never Stop Swinging, Swing, Video, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

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