Learn the Tranky Doo - For Lindy Hop & Swing Dance

The Tranky Doo is a vintage routine that was choreographed by Frankie Manning in the 1940s, and is done by Lindy Hoppers all over the world. However, the version that dancers do today is not what Frankie choreographed, and the various discrepancies between all of the video versions - to me - makes this dance exciting and mysterious!

In this video, we'll go over the choreography, a little history, significant differences between different vintage versions, and some inspirational stylistic differences. We'll be dancing a LOT in this video. Hope you have fun!

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VERSIONS OF THE TRANKIE DOO

• Tops & Wilda, Love & Syncopation:    • WHITEY'S LINDY HOPPERS TOPS and WILDA...  
• Spirit Moves:    • Tranky Doo  
• Spirit Moves Redubbed to a song that matches:    • The Trankey Do - Spirit Moves and TV ...  

SOURCES

• Jazz Dance, Jene & Marshall Sterns
• Frankie Manning, Ambassador of Lindy Hop
• Swungover: https://swungover.wordpress.com/2017/...

MUSIC:

The Brooks Prumo Orchestra http://brooksprumoorchestra.bandcamp....

MERCH:

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50% of the money made from this channel is donated to organizations that support African Diasporic art forms, because Lindy Hop is a Black dance, and preserving and cultivating Blackness is very important to its identity. 

My current charities are: Black Lindy Hopper's Fund: https://blacklindyhoppersfund.org/ National Jazz Museum in Harlem: https://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/