Norma Miller: author and lindy hopping queen.
I figured I needed to step up the politics a bit. Think I’ve got opinions? Norma’s got them all.
Also FUCK YEAH SISTERS GOT OPINIONS. And if you have a problem with that, you should probably just leave the internet. Walk out of your town, and into the wilderness, never to speak to another human being again.
Here’s Norma talking about making the film Hellzapoppin’, racism and running a dance troupe:
Miller and Leon James are the second couple in this sequence from Day at the Races (1937):
Miller (dancing with George Greenidge) is half of the sixth couple in the jam during the jitterbug contest section of Keep Punchin’ (1939):
Miller dances with Billy Ricker, as the second couple in the iconic scene from Hellzapoppin’ (1941):
Miller is in the Hot Chocolates/Cottontail (1941) soundie, but I’m not sure which dancer she is:
There are some interesting photos of Norma Miller, Frankie Manning and other dancers in the Getty Images collection.
[Once again I’m using Bobby’s article about iconic clips to identify dancers.]
