Fitness Workshop: Lindy Hop – Swing Patrol in The Telegraph
“Fitness Workshop: Lindy Hop”, The Telegraph, 8 November 2010
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Performance Ball 2019: Note to Performers
Hello Performers! The Performance Ball 2019 is fast approaching and we are EXCITED! Just a few things that all performers need to know: Dressing Rooms The capacity limit is 100 people at any one time as it affects the theatre’s insurance and may close down the event if we exceed that limit. There […]
Hollingbury Park updates : )
Hey team Hollingbury Park, Just a quick summary of the fabulous weeks ahead.. Tuesday Oct 15th with Arrianne and Scott. Three classes at 7pm (charleston), 8pm (eight beat & five minutes of the Performance Shim Sham at the end) and 9pm (Lindy Hoppers Delight). Thursday Oct 17th with Scott. FREE NIGHT Free rehearsal at Hollingbury […]
Swing Patrol perform at Royal Albert Hall 2010!
Swing Patrol perform their “Traffic Jam” routine at the Royal Albert Hall, July 2010
Clive Anderson Interviews Scott Cupit
In 2009 Scott Cupit took to Trafalgar Square’s famous Fourth Plinth as part of Antony Gormley’s One And Other arts project, stopping hundreds of rush hour commuters in their tracks as he gave an impromptu swing dance class. About 100 students from Swing Patrol came along to perform with Scott. More than 14,000 people applied […]
Scott Cupit on the Plinth
A highlight of our first year in London was the hour Scott Cupit spent on the Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Named as one of the top 10 out of 2400 hours.
Scott Cupit on Roadtrip Nation
Roadtrip Nation is an Australian documentary series covering people who define their own road in life.
Frankie’s Performance Troupes
CARLY ROBB I get to give you all a brief overview of the performance troupes that Frankie was involved with, in particular Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, and some of the work that the group did in Hollywood. Some of the material on the web is a little contradictory, and dates can be hard to come by, […]
Frankie Manning and his Partners
This article talks about Frankie Manning’s dance partners – Freda Washington, Willa Mae Ricker, Ann Johnson and Norma Miller
Frankie Manning in Melbourne – 1939
An article about when Frankie Manning and seven of the Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, billed as the Eight Original Apple Dancers, last visited Melbourne.
Putting the ‘Big’ into ‘Bands’
How important were the Great Swing bands of the 30’s and 40’s to the culture and evolution of the dance we know and love today? Well, let’s just say that it is thanks to these musical entrepreneurs that we’re not milling ‘round dance floors today doing the ‘Sit’, the ‘Shuffle & Yawn’ or even the […]