Swing dancing has been a huge part of my life since my mid teens so I am always interested in things like this. Here is the cover and spread to a famous LIFE magazine edition on Lindy Hop.
Lindy Hop
Reproduction of LIFE 8/23/43 cover of Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step
The Lindy Hop.
| Location: New York | |
|---|---|
| Date taken: 1943 | |
| Photographer: Gjon Mili |
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating steps of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Professional dancers Willa Mae Ricker & Leon James show off the Lindy Hop which evolved in 1927 after Lindbergh's flight when improvisational dancers in Harlem's Savoy Ballroom caused an observer to exclaim "It looks like their doin' the "Lindy Hop."
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Leon James & Willa Mae Ricker demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
Kaye Popp & Stanley Catron demonstrating a step of The Lindy Hop
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