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Frankie Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of the Lindy Hop.
Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1914. He moved to Harlem at the age of 3, with his mother, who was also a dancer. Frankie began dancing as a child, then started attending the early evening dances for older teens at the Renaissance Ballroom. When he was older he started going to the Savoy, which was for better dancers. He frequented Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious "Kat's Corner," a corner of the dance floor in which impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner Frieda Washington performed the first air step (often referred to as an aerial) in a swing dance competition against George "Shorty" Snowden and his partner Big Bea, at the Savoy Ballroom. The air step he performed was a "back to back roll" and was danced while Chick Webb played "Down South Camp Meeting", which was Manning's request after having heard the song earlier in the evening. The airstep went flawlessly to the music and astonished over 2,000 audience members watching.
Frankie Manning Tribute Video
Hellzapoppin (Lindy Hop, Featuring Frankie Manning 1941 Gatti's Cut).wmv
Frankie Manning's class, part 1
Frankie Manning & Ramona Staffeld 1998
Lindy Hop Dance Lessons Frankie Manning Level 2
Swing Dance 1980's (Frankie Manning & Norma Miller)
Shim Sham
Learn to Swing Dance | Level 6 Lesson 6 (Frankie Manning Favorites) | Lindy Ladder
Shim Sham featuring Frankie Manning & Erin Stevens
Frankie Manning, Chazz Young perform the Shim Sham
Part 2 Frankie Manning's first Aerial
Frankie Manning and Dawn Hampton :: Lindyfest 2008
Actors: Edward J. White (producer), Tony Martinelli (editor), John Daheim (actor), William Forrest (actor), Don Haggerty (actor), Gordon Jones (actor), Fred Kohler Jr. (actor), Rex Lease (actor), George Meeker (actor), House Peters Jr. (actor), William Witney (director), Keith Richards (actor), Roy Rogers (actor), R. Dale Butts (composer), Lee Shumway (actor),
Plot: Roy runs a pipeline and near by is a rocket missile site. Camwell is after one of the missiles and to gain access to the site, steals oil from Roy's pipeline to sell. When the next missile is fired, Camwell is ready. He finds the missile, takes the data box, and replaces it with explosives set to go off just as the missile is returned to the site.
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