Al Minns

Al Minns

Al Minns (1 January 1920 – 24 April 1985), born Albert Mills, was a prominent American Lindy Hop and jazz dancer. Most famous for his film and stage performances in the 1930s and 1940s with the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, Minns worked throughout his life to promote the dances that he and his cohorts helped to pioneer at New York's Savoy Ballroom.

Minns also played a part in the revival of Lindy Hop in the 1980s, when he was invited to Stockholm in 1984 by the The Rhythm Hot Shots dance company to teach the dance the way he knew it. The group had until then mainly used old film clips as a source for their interpretation of Lindy Hop.

In 1938, Al Minns and Sandra Gibson (see Mildred Pollard) won the Harvest Moon Ball.

Filmography

* "Hellzapoppin'" (1941)
* "Hot Chocolates" (1941)
* "The Spirit Moves" (1950)
* " [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189619/ Jazz Dance] " (1954)

External links

* [http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2aminn1.htm Streetswing.com]


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