The airstep went flawlessly to the music and astonished the more than 2,000 audience members. The airstep he performed was a “back to back roll” and was danced while Chick Webb played “Down South Camp Meeting,” which was Manning’s request after having heard the song earlier in the evening. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner, Frieda Washington, performed the first aerial in a swing dance competition against George “Shorty” Snowden and his partner, Big Bea, at the Savoy Ballroom. He frequented Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious “Kat’s Corner,” a corner of the dance floor where impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. When he was older, he started going to the Savoy, which was for better dancers. Frankie began dancing as a child, then started attending the early evening dances for older teens at the Renaissance Ballroom. He moved to Harlem at the age of three, with his mother, who was a dancer.
Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1914. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of the Lindy Hop.
Frankie Manning (– April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer.
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