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Performed by: Ryan Francois, Dawn Hampton, Spike Lee, Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Denzel Washington, and featured dancers

Number: “Flying Home”

Choreographer: Otis Sallid

Style: Lindy Hop 

From: Malcolm X (1992)

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This is great for a lot of reasons, but I love 1:55 on for reasons.

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Performed by: Sonny Allen, Vanessa Benton, Cheryl Burr, Leslie Dockery, Cisco Drayton, Byron Easley, John Elejaide, Debra Elkins, Gina Ellis, John Festa,  Robert H. Fowler III, Ryan Francois, Phillip Gilmore, Jauquette Green, Dawn Hampton, Monique Harcum, Jerome Jamal Hardeman, Raymond Harris, Wendy King, Spike Lee, Frankie Manning, Delphine T. Mantz, Bernard Marsh, Greta Martin, Norma Miller, Frances Morgan, John Parks, Greg Poland, Judine Hawkins Richard, Eartha Robinson, Michelle Robinson, Traci Robinson, Ken Leigh Rogers, Eddie Sanabria, Eddie Shellman, Lynn Sterling, Keith Thomas, Denzel Washington, and Debbie Williams

Number: “Flying Home”

Choreography: Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, and Otis Sallid

Style: Charleston, Jitterbug, and Lindy Hop

From: Malcolm X (1992)

[karmaalwayswins]

Moe Sakan and Ryan Francois give a Lindy Hop performance at Policoro in Swing 2025.

Song: Aretha Franklin "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"

Video Credit: Policoro in Swing

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[djryanswift]

Margaret Batiuchok has posted an awesome video of her dancing in the 1980s with Lindy Hop legends Frankie Manning, Sonny Allen, Ryan Francois, Charlie Meade and more.  A great glimpse into an important era for the dance that is all-too-frequently overlooked.

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Who: Ryan Francois and Remy Kouame

Number: "Two Cousins"

Style: Charleston and some jitterbug

From: Music video for "Two Cousins" by Slow Club (2011)

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Slow Club - Two Cousins

Just in case you somehow missed this: Ryan Francois & Remy Kouakou Kouame channel Al Minns & Leon James.

(via Wandering & Pondering)