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The Bees Knees Dance Study
A Selection of Informative
Swing Articles & Links
Special Swing Articles
Gotta Dance, by Elizabeth Gilbert
This is a fantastic article about Frankie Manning. A must read for all Lindy Hoppers. More easily read when printed.
Lindy Hop Dance Jams, by Mandi Gould
Information about the tradition of the Lindy Hop Dance Jam.
Bring in Da Tap, by Claudia La Rocco
The contemporary tap scene in New York City.
How to Dance Charleston
Everything you need to know about Charleston… sort of.
Hop ‘til You Drop, by C.J. O’Connor
Article about Lindy Hop in Toronto in 1998.
Lindy Hop Video Clips
Hellzapoppin'
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers Compilation
The Rhythm Hot Shots, Can't Top the Lindy Hop 1994
Frankie Manning Charleston Clip
Frankie Manning & Willa Mae Rickard Lindy Hop clip
Vintage Jazz Clip
Swinging Links
The legendary Frankie Manning's official website:
http://www.frankiemanning.com
Frankie Manning Q & A
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/99/music990126.htm
Frankie Manning Biographical Details
http://www.savoyballroom.com/exp/dancefloor/savoydancers/fmanning.htm
The Savoy Ballroom
http://www.savoystyle.com/history.html
About Lindy Hop
http://www.lindycircle.com/history/lindy_hop/
Lindy Hop History
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kpl5/f_Jbug_styles.html
What Is Lindy Hop?
http://www.swingdanceuk.com/lindy.htm
Dance Articles
http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/dance-articles.htm
Dance History Archives – History of The Lindy Hop
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3lindy.htm
Dance History Archives – History of the Charleston
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3chrlst.htm
Dance History Archives – History of the Dance Jam
http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3thejam.htm
Information about Swing Era Jazz Bands
http://www.savoyballroom.com/exp/bandstand/bandstand.htm
Big Bands Database
http://nfo.net/
Red Hot Jazz Archive
http://www.redhotjazz.com/
JazzStandards.com
http://www.jazzstandards.com/history/
Frankie’s 85th Birthday!
http://www.frankie85ny.org/nfwhois.htm
Archive of Early Lindy Hop
http://www.savoystyle.com/
Frequently Asked Questions About Lead And Follow
http://www.eijkhout.net/lead_follow/
Miscellaneous
http://php.indiana.edu/~rdowney/swing/misc.html
Kansas City Lindy Hop Society – good site & resource
http://www.kclindyhop.org/index.htm
American Jazz Culture in the 1920's
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is3099/jazzcult/20sjazz/
The Flapper Era
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html#flapper
Information about Duke Ellington
http://ellingtonweb.ca/Main.htm
Information about Lindy Hop on Answers.com
http://www.answers.com/topic/lindy-hop
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