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Hellzapoppin' to "Jumpin' at the Woodside"

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Hellzapoppin' routine to Count Basie's "Jumpin' At The Woodside" - as it was originally intended to be. "For Hellzapoppin', I started from the beginning of "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and worked with about sixteen bars at a time, choreographing both the solos and the ensemble section as we went along. (Basie used to stay at the Woodside Hotel on 142nd Street when he played at the Savoy, and some of the jam sessions there inspired the song). I hate to keep saying I choreographed this and I choreographed that because it makes me seem egotistical, but for Hellzapoppin' I set up a routine for each team" . . . "By the second day, the musical director at Universal started sitting in on rehearsals to listen to the music and watch us dance. His job was to create a composition for our number so the studio wouldn't have to get permission to use Count Basie's song." -- Exсerpt from "Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop"

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: xsubst

Length: 02:24
Rating: 4.94
Views: 30140

Tags: at  california  Frankie  Hellzapoppin  hop  Jumpin  liny  Manning  routine  the  Woodside  

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blinko656 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i read your more info. What are you doing in Russia? I sent you the above video - a little different but fun...
MonardaManiac (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There is no smooth at that speed, that's the fun of it!!
kevinherbert (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Incredible...such expression...
adamvonwillis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Love it!
DanielKeithMorrison (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
THAT is better than todays lindy hoppin. Amazing!
LECLARA (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ya See Youngsters, Ain't Nothing New Under The Sun, It's been done before Y'all just re-wrote the script! (Tee Hee)
claiborneray (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This fits so much better to the choreography than the music in the movie, which the producers plugged in because they were too cheap to pay Basie the royalties to use his hit. It is almost unbelievable that the dancers and choreographer perfected this style of dancing when they were barely teenagers, and practically amateurs at that. I am so glad that Frankie Manning and some of the others lived to see it become famous again.
mochawitch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is DA BOMB! when my mom told me this was how they danced in her day I didn't believe her at first, that is until I started seeing footage like THIS..WOW!!!!!
davidschlachter1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I totally wish I could do these moves, or even dance so smoothly at that speed, for starters!
00kaza00 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this is incredibleeeeeeeeee. WOW!!! she even picks up the man at 1:20. WOW amazing. i have never seen such swing moves even today. this is wonderful. i see it is best to learn from the best and the originals.

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