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Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) [1] was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swing.
- Frankie Manning, Cynthia R. Millman
- 2007
Frankie Manning moved on too. He married in 1954 and then in 1955 he settled into a job at the US Postal service, where he stayed for thirty years. He stopped dancing professionally and instead concentrated on raising a family.
Frankie Manning Biography From social dancing in Harlem’s ballrooms as a teenager, to his tenure with the elite Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, Frankie Manning has always been one of the most important forces in the development and dissemination of the Lindy hop.
Apr 28, 2009 · In addition to Ms. Pritchett, his companion, and Mr. Young, his son, who lives in Las Vegas, he is survived by another son, Frank Manning Jr. of Leonia, N.J.; a daughter, Marion Price of Atlanta...
May 26, 2016 · In 1935, a dancer named Frankie Manning won a dance competition with a daring feat: He flipped his partner over his back and onto her feet, the Lindy Hop “air step” that would make Manning,...
- Libby Nelson
Sep 25, 2015 · Buddy and his wife had known Frankie Manning since meeting at a California Lindy exchange in the mid-1990s. Buddy explained, “In 1997, we got tired of going to workshops [in other cities], so we formed a non-profit, 501c3 Houston Swing Dance Society and hosted Lindy Fest with Frankie Manning.”
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Feb 5, 2019 · The life and times of Frankie Manning. Swing dancer extraordinaire Frankie Manning was a leading dancer at Harlem’s legendary Savoy Ballroom where in the mid-1930s, he revolutionised the course of the lindy hop with his innovations, including the air step.
