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Norma Miller, (December 2, 1919 – May 5, 2019) was an American Lindy hop dancer, choreographer, actress, author, and comedian known as the "Queen of Swing".

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Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained — Dance Styles, S...

Female Dancers mentioned in this video, from the Sinners cast: Breonna Jordan, Kendalym Breakfield, Faith Rockward, Amari Vaughn, Jarrell Hamilton, Trinity Mitchell, Jahaira Myers

Honorable Mentions: Queen of Swing, Norma Miller, Katherine Dunham and The Dunham Technique

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“Lindy hop is the granddaddy of all swing dances, a dance originated by the Black community that is both uniquely American… and now spans the globe.” - LIFE

Lindy hop takes its name from the Charles Lindbergh’s flight to Paris in 1927. #WorldLindyHopDay

Pictured: Norma Miller (‘Queen of Swing’) and Billy Ricker in 1940.

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The Lindy Hop scene in Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Frances “Mickey” Jones & William Downes

Norma Miller and Billy Ricker

Willa Mae Ricker and Al Minns

Ann Johnson and Frankie (Frank) Manning

“…Frankie Manning was a crucial member and choreographer for Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, the professional performing troupe of Savoy Ballroom swing dancers, that was formed in 1935 by Herbert “Whitey” White. The Hellzapoppin' dance number was also choreographed by Manning.”

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“and she and I shared a dressing room for two weeks.  She and I and her girlfriend.  She was real.  I mean, she was Moms on stage, but she walked off that stage, she was ‘Mr. Moms.’  And there was no question about it.   There was no question about it.  I mean, she was Mr. Moms.  And had the greatest identity for two things.  ‘Cause onstage she was really Moms, and she was always after, the great Cab Calloway.  But you never saw her with a young man.  You saw her with a young girl.  And there was no question.  I mean, she was the first complete -- I don’t know, we never called Mom a ‘homosexual.’  That word never fit her.  We never called her ‘gay.’  We called her ‘Mr. Mom.’”

- Norma Miller, dancer and “Queen of Swing,” recalling Moms Mabley’s same-sex attracted orientation in HBO’s “Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley” (2013)

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Norma Miller

Dance legend

Continue resting in peace

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HELLZAPOPPIN! (In Living Color)

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Hellzapoppin' is a 1941 film adaptation of the musical by the same name that ran on Broadway from 1938 to 1941. The film has a 5-minute long jazz and lindy hop dance sequence at approximately the 48th minute of the film performed by The Congaroo Dancers, played by Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, including Frankie Manning and Norma Miller. Slim and Slam are also part of the act. Manning choreographed the routine.

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Thanks to @intergalacticgazette for requesting lindy hop!

Performed by: Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers (Wilda Crawford, Joe Daniels, Joyce Daniels, William Downes, George Grenidge, Frances “Mickey” Jones, Thomas “Tops” Lee, Frankie Manning, Lucille Middleton, and Norma Miller)

Number: “The Big Apple”

Choreographer: Frankie Manning

Style: Lindy Hop

From: Keep Punching (1939)