She was known as the Queen of Swing, a dancer who helped make famous the lindy hop, a fast-paced, acrobatic dance popular during the Big Band era of the 1930s and 1940s. Suggested Reading Poll: Trump ...

Frankie “Musclehead” Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing dance style of the 1930s ...

When the band starts cookin’ and dancers hit the floor at Century Ballroom this week, somebody will be missed. Frankie Manning, the joyous master and ambassador of Lindy Hop swing dancing, passed away ...

Big-band music filled the air and dancers doing the Lindy Hop took to the dance floor for the 1940s Victory Dance at the Westminster Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 467 on the evening of Oct. 9. The ...

"Lindy Hop" is a dance form that originates from the late 1920s. It features elements of jazz, and is more frequently referred to as swing dancing. Jennifer Kain has been teaching this style of dance ...

This article is a companion piece for the Rough Translation episode "May We Have This Dance." Listen to the story about how a dance traveled from Harlem to Sweden, and how Black dancers are reclaiming ...

Young tappers and venerable jitterbuggers are brushing off their dance shoes and getting ready for the third annual Masters of Lindy Hop & Tap festival, kicking off tonight at the Century Ballroom.

On Wednesday nights, the old Underwood typewriter factory on Arbor Street in Hartford comes alive with the sounds of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington.