Stay safe and healthy. The dance contains parts of other existing dances, just as the "Big Apple" dance would ten years later, in 1937. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Lindy Hoppers at a jitterbug contest in 1942. Harlem.

New York City. Apr 7, 2014 - The Savoy Ballroom in New York City -- "Home to Happy Feet!" The Savoy Ballroom became the place where Lindy Hop was fine-tuned, given a home base, and able to evolve. One of the great dancers of Lindy Hop in the Kat's Corner at the Savoy Ballroom: Gladys CROWDER and Eddie "Shorty" DAVIS. He learned to dance the Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Lindy and Swing in New York City and spent a lot of time in Harlem and the Savoy Ballroom. 1939.

Lindy was a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development but is mainly based on jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston. The Savoy Ballroom, Harlem, New York, 1930 Posted on 10/27/2014 by Harlem World Magazine — Leave a reply The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in Harlem, New York City. Mar 8, 2018 - Links to the history of Lindy Hop, dancers, influences etc. Unlike the ‘whites only’ policy of the Cotton Club, the Savoy Ballroom was integrated where white and black Americans Ballrooms dominated Harlem in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s, but there was only one that became famous for hosting swing dancing. . USA. It was known downtown as the “Home of Happy Feet” but uptown, in Harlem, as “the Track”. See more ideas about Lindy hop, Swing dancing, Swing dance. The "Lindy Hop" is said to have started at the Savoy Ballroom, on Lenox Avenue in Harlem. The Savoy was a popular dance venue from the late 1920s to the 1950s and many dances such as Lindy Hop became famous here. The term "Lindy Hop" came into almost immediate use after Charles Lindbergh's famous 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Apr 7, 2014 - The Savoy Ballroom in New York City -- "Home to Happy Feet!" The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then with the jazz music of that time. Please practice hand-washing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.

It was here that the “Savoy style” of Lindy Hop evolved. The woman in the background: Mickey JONES. Savoy Ballroom. The history of Lindy Hop begins in the African American communities of Harlem, New York during the late 1920s in conjunction with swing jazz.Lindy Hop is closely related to earlier African American vernacular dances but quickly gained its own fame through dancers in films, performances, competitions, and professional dance troupes.