"Shorty" George Snowden was an African-American dancer in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. He is popularly credited with coining the name "Lindy Hop" for a popular partner swingdance of the day. He is also often credited with inventing the dance, though this is unsubstantiated and unlikely. --69. ... View of Harlem from Morningside Heights overlooking Morningside Park Lenox Avenue looking south from the corner of 124th Street. ... It has been suggested that Roaring Twenties be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Swing Dancing Swing is a group of related street dances that evolved from Lindy Hop. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ...
Snowden was a popular dancer at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York in the United States and appears in the film After Seben, in which he performs the breakaway, a variation on the Charleston, which later developed into the Lindy Hop. The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, was a public place for music and dance shows from 1926 to 1958. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... From 1919 to 1927, Breakaway was a popular swing dance developed from the Texas Tommy. ... Charlestons rhythm: crotchet-crotchet-dotted crotchet-quaver-crotchet A USPS stamp from the Celebrate the Century series: Flappers Doing the Charleston by John Held Jr. ...
The Shorty George in the Lindy Hop repertoire is named for a man who took advantage of his diminutive height for comic effect. With his partner Big Bea, Snowden would often out-dance other couples in dance competitions of the day, and was a member of a number of significant dance troupes, including the Shorty Snowden Dancers, which has been credited as the first Lindy Hop dance troupe.
In the middle 1920s, GeorgeSnowden was the reigning king of Breakaway in New York City competitions.
GeorgeSnowden renamed the dance from Breakaway to Lindy Hop at dance contests at the Harvest Moon Ball in Central Park in September 1927 or at the Savoy Ballroom in 1928 (the story varies).
Shorty George and his partner Big Bea often finished dances with a move, where Big Bea picked Shorty George up on her back and carried him off the floor, while he kicked his feet.
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