Here‘s an interesting clip – Al Minns dancing in 1980 in NY. I’m not sure who the dancers in the background are. There’s another one of Minns in the 80s here. It’s interesting to compare his style with Frankie Manning’s:
…and it kind of blows my brain that they’re both in about their 70s in the later bits of the clips. Frankie is 95 this year (check the site for more info) and it’s a really big deal – as you might expect.
I’m more of a Frankie fan (guess that makes me second generation) – I like the bounce and the low, ‘flying’ style Frankie has.
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