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🎙 #FrankieInHisOwnWords - Lindy Hop Will Never Die

🎙 #FrankieInHisOwnWords We close out #FrankieMonth with a quote from this great clip. "[Lindy hop] is a dance that'll last forever."

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🎙#FrankieInHisOwnWords - Dancing with Ella Fitzgerald at the Savoy Ballroom

🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords In this fascinating account recorded at @herrang, Frankie describes the times he danced with the indomitable Ella Fitzgerald at the #SavoyBallroom. As Frankie said, "Even the floor used to be bouncing!" #FrankieMonth

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🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords - Kids Dancing

🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords Frankie loved teaching kids how to dance Lindy hop and as a guest instructor, challenged the technique that was taught in classical dance curriculum.

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🎙#FrankieInHisOwnWords - The Pimp Walk

🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords "All jazz steps are taken from life as you know" - Frankie teaches the origin of the "Pimp Walk" which is an evolution of Swaggering. Swaggering is an ostentatious style of walking affected by someone wishing to assert their dominance. It is also a form of machismo which takes up more space than needed for simple motion. The Pimp walk and Cool Walking are the evolved progression of these steps and can be found in steps today. Frankie demonstrates and how it shapes the attitude of the step. In clips like these we understand how Lindy hop is an expression of the lives of the dancers who created it.

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🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords - Teaching Swing Kids At Herrang

🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords We got another Amazing clip of Frankie teaching the Swing kids of Herrang in 2002! A-one, A-two, You know what to do!

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🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords - Standing Up

🎙#FrankieinHisOwnWords Frankie tells us about a time that he stood firm and reminded us.. that he's from Harlem and "Don't nobody be pushing him around."

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