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Spike Lee's 1992's "Malcolm X" Swing Dance Scene

4/27/2018

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Love this inspiring dance scene from "Malcolm X." So much of it is oh, so... Jitterbug! right down to the Harlem invented Zoot Suits.

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e Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) was in dire need of a zoot suit for its collection some years ago. When this rare piece of clothing came up at an auction on the East Coast, the museum bid on it by phone. The opening bid was $500.00 but within minutes had jumped to "five figures." The museum's successful bid "set a new auction record for twentieth-century menswear." The museum is making this most magnificent suit of clothes (seen below) available as a garment pattern for free download as part of its Pattern Project: Undertaking the Making. You can learn more about the Zoot Suit here.
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Ben Vereen: To Dance

4/20/2018

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Ben Vereen has always been an influence on writing the dance numbers in Jitterbug! When The Vereen was doing Pippin on Broadway in the '70's-- where he won the Tony for Best Actor in '73-- he'd follow each show with nightclub performances. Here he is explaining how it all began, when he asked his dad for ballet slippers instead of cowboy boots. Choreography by Tony winner Michael Peters.
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Levitating at the Savoy

4/6/2018

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Jitterbug's climatic finale takes place in Harlem at the legendary Savoy Ballroom, the "Home of Happy Feet." And arguably in front the largest group of the best dancers in the world. Impressing them wouldn't be easy. Although the dancical's stars, Billy Rhythm and Tharbis Jefferson, don't levitate to win the contest, they do reach into the future for dance steps that jaded crowd had never seen before. 

Props to American Lindy Hop Championships for this and other great archival Harlem photos. 

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