He also served in WWII, toured South America and the UK with his troupe, The Congaroos, performed the Lindy for King George VI, and won a Tony Award for his choreographic work on the Broadway musical Black and Blue.įrankie Manning often described the dance as a “series of three-minute romances.” Here’s to the Ambassador on what would have been his 102nd birthday, and his role in creating for countless people-even if it lasted only three minutes-a moment that transcended the world around them. The Lindy Hop and Manning’s aerial flourishes became wildly popular, and Manning himself performed the dance in several 40’s era movies. Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1914. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop.
Today’s doodle by Nate Swinehart celebrates Frankie Manning’s acrobatic, powerful style, in which his partners were flipped and spun to the emphatic horns of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and others. Frankie Manning (April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. In this fascinating autobiography, the choreographer and Tony Award winner (Black and Blue) Frankie Manning recalls how his first years of dancing as a teenager. Known as the Ambassador of the Lindy Hop-the exuberant style born in Harlem-Frankie Manning is remembered as the first person to take swing from the dancefloor to the air above it. S wing dancer extraordinaire Frankie Manning was a leading dancer at Harlems legendary Savoy Ballroom where, in the mid-1930s, he revolutionized the course of the lindy hop with his innovations, including the lindy air step and synchronized ensemble lindy routine. Passing the Alhambra Ballroom, he made a decision to take dance classes that would change swing forever. One morning in 1929, Frankie Manning-then only fifteen-was walking through Harlem on his way to Sunday school.
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