Takin' it Back with Barack, Jack! (for Swing voters)

Takin' it Back With Barack, Jack! (for Swing voters!)

Thanks, Fernando!

As a die-hard lindy hopper, I wish they had featured some dancers in this video!
Original lindy footage from the movie Hellzapoppin' with lindy originator Frankie Manning in the mechanics overalls. Starts out slow, but they watch them bust out in the second half! No, they did not speed up the camera; they really do dance that fast.


I've since discovered this 1939 footage of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers doing the Big Apple! They segue into some charleston, and then there is a jitterbug contest


2006 fast lindy champs pay hommage to their teachers, including Frankie Manning. Their flips and tricks are ah-maaazing!


But it doesn't have to be superfast; slow it down to West Coast style with benji Schwimmer and Tatiana Mollman, two fabulous dancers. they are not dancing to choreography here; he is leading and she is following, but they are just so awesome, they make it look easy.