¿Qué significa Lindy Hop?

¿Por qué este baile se llama Lindy Hop? ¿Significa algo especial o solo es un nombre práctico?

Explicamos el origen y significado del nombre, basándonos en las tesis de Harri Heinilä y Terry Monaghan.

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Referencias

Harri Heinilä (authenticJazzdance.w...)

1. An Endeavor by Harlem Dancers to Achieve Equality - The Recognition of the Harlem-Based African-American Jazz Dance Between 1921 and 1943 (tesis doctoral)
2. The Creators of The Lindy Hop: George ’Shorty’ Snowden and Mattie Purnell
3. Updates to George ‘Shorty’ Snowden’s Birthday and His Role in the Beginning of the Lindy Hop
4. The Racial Imagination of the Lindy Hop from the Historical Standpoint – Comments and Corrections

Terry Monaghan

1. Shorty George Snowden (July 4, 1904 - May 1982)
2. Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader (Negotiating Compromise on a Burnished Wood Floor / Social Dancing at the Savoy, Karen Hubbard and Terry Monaghan)

3. Stompin' at the Savoy

Libros

1. Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance, Marshall W. Stearns, Jean Stearns
2. Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop, Frankie Manning, Cynthia R. Millman

¿Qué significa Lindy Hop?

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