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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop abstract "Savoy-style Lindy Hop was the form of Lindy Hop danced by African American dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. This contrasted with 'Hollywood-style Lindy Hop' or 'Smooth-Style Lindy Hop', popularly associated with Dean Collins and his Lindy Hop choreography in Hollywood films. Savoy-style lindy hop is characterized by a high energy, circular, rotating style, in contrast with the smooth, slotted styling of Hollywood (Smooth).The Savoy Ballroom was the end of the line for an ascending network of clubs, church socials, in New York and beyond. George Snowden, Frankie Manning and George Sullivan were all dismissed by prospective partners for having allegedly inadequate dance skills. With an unusually high preponderance of skilled social dancers there was an infinite variety of interpretations. As Frankie Manning put it, \"Everyone at the Savoy had their [own] style.\" And there was no specific \"Savoy style\" of Lindy Hopping.A more modern style of dance called \"lindy hop\" also occurs, characterized by slower music, more improvisation, and \"groove\" style. This usage evolved in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late 90s to distinguish it from the \"Hollywood\" or \"LA Style\" that was becoming popular. The latter styles were typically done to faster music and with less room for improvisation, limited to what could be fit into existing patterns. The coinage was based on the erroneous idea that black dancers on the East Coast danced in a slow and 'groovy\" manner with lots of improvisation not fitting within the typical patterns. This usage seems to be diminishing in usage and the term is often used today to describe faster lindy hop based on moves from Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers from the Savoy ballroom. However, as most dancers of this style do not possess the years of ingrained African American movement possessed by these early dancers, it is difficult to replicate, and it might be said that most modern dancers more closely resemble Dean Collins and his west coast contemporaries.".
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop wikiPageWikiLink Ann_Johnson_(dancer).
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop wikiPageWikiLink Hot_Shots_(dance_companies).
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop wikiPageWikiLink Slavery_in_the_United_States.
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop wikiPageWikiLinkText "Savoy-style Lindy Hop".
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop subject Category:Lindy_Hop.
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- Savoy-style_Lindy_Hop comment "Savoy-style Lindy Hop was the form of Lindy Hop danced by African American dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. This contrasted with 'Hollywood-style Lindy Hop' or 'Smooth-Style Lindy Hop', popularly associated with Dean Collins and his Lindy Hop choreography in Hollywood films.".
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