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Jazzing it up: Choreographed lindy hop

Title
Jazzing it up: Choreographed lindy hop [videorecording]
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Manning, Frankie.
  • Manning, Frankie
  • Crease, Robert.
  • Ipiotis, Celia.
  • Minns, Albert
  • James, Leon
  • Bush, Jeffrey C.
  • Congaroos (Company)
  • ARC Videodance (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.
Summary
Guests are dancer/choreographer Frankie Manning and Robert Crease, a writer and co-founder of the New York Swing Society. They discuss the origins of the lindy hop in the Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, its musical and dance predecessors such as the collegiate, and some individuals who helped develop it, such as George "Shorty" Snowden. Manning recalls the dance contests at the Savoy, which often gave rise to new steps, and performing groups such as Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, organized by Herbert White. His own group, the Congaroos, is seen in a b&w film excerpt. Manning also describes his own invention of the aerial step, with his partner Frieda (?) Washington. Dance excerpts (all b&w) depict lindy hopping at the Savoy and in the motion picture Hellzapoppin', in which Manning appears. Al Minns and Leon James are also seen performing.
Series Statement
Eye on dance ; 251
Subject
  • Snowden, George
  • White, Herbert
  • Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)
  • Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (Company)
  • Lindy (Dance)
  • Collegiate (Dance)
Note
  • Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on March 21, 1988 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on April 7, 1988. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3043
OCLC
  • 24270856
  • NYPY926002596-F
Title
Jazzing it up: Choreographed lindy hop [videorecording]
Imprint
1988.
Series
Eye on dance ; 251
Local Subject
Television. Jazzing it up.
Television. Eye on dance.
Social dancing -- Competitions.
Motion pictures. Hellzapoppin'.
Added Author
Manning, Frankie. Interviewee
Manning, Frankie, dancer.
Crease, Robert. Interviewee
Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
Minns, Albert, dancer.
James, Leon, dancer.
Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
Congaroos (Company)
ARC Videodance (Firm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3043
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