Al Minns was a prominent American Lindy Hop and jazz dancer. Most famous for his film and stage performances in the 1930's and 40's with the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Minns worked throughout his life to promote the dances that he and his cohorts helped to pioneer at New York's Savoy Ballroom. Jump to: navigation, search Lindy Hop is a street jazz dance that evolved in Harlem, Manhattan, New York in the late 1920s and early 1930s that emerged with swing jazz. ... A professional performing group of Savoy Ballroom swing dancers, started in 1935 by Herbert Whitey White. ... The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, was a public place for music and dance shows from 1926 to 1958. ...
- Movie appearances: Hot Chocolates, Hellzapoppin', Spirit Moves, Chicago and All That Jazz Hellzapoppin was a musical revue which was a Broadway hit, running from 22 September 1938 to 17 December 1941, and was at the time the longest-running Broadway musical with 1,404 performances—one of only three plays to run more than 500 performances in the 1930s. ...
- Winner of the Harvest Moon Ball with Sandra Gibson (nee Mildred Pollard) in 1938.
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