The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It...
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history of Lindy Hop begins in the African American communities of Harlem, New York during the late 1920s in conjunction with swing jazz. Lindy Hop is closely...
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Frankie Manning (category Lindy Hop)
instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swing. Manning was...
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era include Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop, and Collegiate Shag. Today, the best-known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, which originated in Harlem in the...
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term used to describe swing dancing. It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance but might include elements of the jive, east coast swing, collegiate...
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illustration seems to crossover later to describing dances such as the Lindy Hop, which began in Harlem in the late 1920s. Later dance parties in the 1970s...
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the early 2000s, in many local Lindy Hop scenes around the world, prompted by competitions such as the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown (in 2005 and 2006 particularly)...
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of The Jazz Continuum, an African roots-based performance encompassing Lindy Hop, house dance, locking, breaking, voguing, and jazz dance that connects...
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Dance improvisation (section Lindy Hop)
is generally done to blues music, and is highly improvisational. Like lindy hop, emphasis is on the lead and follow connection, but the emphasis is even...
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Al Minns (category Lindy Hop)
American Lindy Hop and jazz dancer. Most famous for his film and stage performances in the 1930s and 1940s with the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers...
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