It was also a social club that kept the young people out of trouble by allowing them unlimited access to the Ballroom – by day to practice and by night to dance to the best Swing bands in the world. It was a training ground that prepared the most talented social dancers of the Savoy Ballroom for professional gigs. For all of these years, his deep love of Swing music and dancing has been as contagious as his dazzling smile.įrom its beginnings, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers was much more than a dance troupe. And with the Swing dance revival beginning in the 1980’s, Frank Manning, once again became a driving force worldwide with his teaching, choreography and performance. Originally touring as a dancer and choreographer with “Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers” in the 30’s and 40’s, he helped spread the popularity of the Lindy Hop through three continents. The dancer, innovator, and choreographer has been the unofficial Ambassador of Lindy Hop for much of his lifetime, for no one has contributed more to the dance than he.
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