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Question: Where did they perform swing dancing!?
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Swing dancing is and always will be a social dance, not necessarily meant for performances, but there are some important individuals who made the dance a spectacle to watch!

Now, first off, If you want to know about swing dancing, you need to learn about THE LINDY HOP!!!

Lindy Hop developed out of partner charleston in the late 1920's in Harlem!. The dance grew in popularity with swing music giants like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, etc!.

The most amazing place to go in Harlem in the 1930s was The Savoy Ballroom, also known as "The Home of Happy Feet", where the best swing dancers would rub elbows with celebrities that would come and watch them dance!. A bouncer at the club ended up putting a swing dance troupe together which were called by many different names but are now generally referred to as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"!. The performed at many public locations like Fairs, the Cotton Club, and eventually appeared in movies!.

A dancer by the name of Dean Collins, learned the Lindy Hop at the Savoy, and at the age of 17, moved to Hollywood to make a name for himself!. He brought lindy hop to the west coast and was featured in more movies than any swing dancer of the era!. He was also influential in bringing the dance more broadly to whites!.



Significant Dancers of the Day:

"Shorty" George Snowden, credited with giving Lindy Hop it's name and possibly creating it!.

Franky Manning, credited with creating aerials in swing dancing, and one of the most influential persons for the reappearance of swing dancing in the 80s and 90s!.

Dean Collins, credited with bringing Lindy Hop to the west coast, and adapting his style of dance to be in a slot that eventually lead to the creation of "west coast swing" the official state dance of California!.




Movies you can watch featuring lindy hop:

After Seben (1929) - First movie featuring early Lindy Hop
Day at the Races (1937) - First movie featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
Buck Privates (1941) - Abbot and Costello Movie, featuring Dean Collins
Hellzapoppin' (1941) - Considered the greatest swing routine ever captured on film (WATCH THIS ON YOUTUBE)
Groovie Movie (1944) - A short about swing/jitterbug/lindy hop!.
Don't Knock the Rock (1956) - Rock n' Roll era movie featuring Lindy Hoppers, including Dean Collins



Suggested Books:

Frankie Manning's Autobiography, "Ambasador of the Lindy Hop", available on Amazon!.



I hope that helps!

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Do you know ANYTHING about DANCING but the BUZZ WORDS!? The SWING, just like the CHARLESTON was a POPULAR DANCE and was danced by everyone in the 1940's!.!.!. If the SWING was performed at all, it would have been during a USO show!. But the SWING was DANCED at the USO dance programs where young women would go to dance with the men in uniform!.

Do you know ANYTHING about the history of DANCING!?!.!.!. what is your next question!.!.!. "where did they perform the LINDSAY where did they perform the HOKEY POKEY"!? You are asking about POPULAR DANCES and they were not generally PERFORMED anywhere!.Www@QuestionHome@Com