New York / Washington / London / New York City / /
Company
The New York Times / ABC / Temple University Press / NBC / Oxford University Press / /
Country
Sweden / United Kingdom / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Tony Award / the 2003 National Book Festival / /
Facility
Savoy Ballroom / /
Movie
Malcolm X / /
Organization
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra / Army / U.S. Postal Service / Temple University / Congress / Oxford University / /
Person
Alice Pifer / Martha Raye / Elizabeth Gilber / Lindy Hop / Wynton Marsalis / Dean Martin / Sarah Vaughan / Debbie Allen / Sammy Davis Jr. / Nat / Lindy Hoppers / Ken Burns / Spike Lee / FRANKIE MANNING BIO / Mercedes Ellington / Jerry Lewis / Cynthia R. Millman / Duke Ellington / Tan Fantasy / Billie Holiday / Frankie Manning / Ethel Waters / Milton Berle / Black Fantasy / Alvin Ailey / Norma Miller / Laura Bush / Tony Bennett / George VI / Ann Miller / Cole / Ella Fitzgerald / /
Position
Librarian / Ambassador of Lindy Hop / dancer / Producer / ambassador / artistic director and chief choreographer / dance consultant / King / lead dancer and chief choreographer / choreographer / Creative Historic Consultant to choreographer Mercedes Ellington / international leader / /
FRANKIE MANNING BIO From social dancing in Harlem’s ballrooms as a teenager, to his tenure with the elite Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, Frankie Manning has always been one of the most important forces in the development an