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Al Minns

Stage Name

Birth Name
Al Minns n/a

    Legendary swing dancer with the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers in the 1930's. Danced at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem and Harvest Moon Ball New York. He can be seen in Cabin in the Sky as well as the 1961 Dupont Show of the Week (remade as: Chicago and All That Jazz) with Leon James doing the Charleston, Shimmy, Snake Hips, Lindy Hop etc.

    During the 1960's Minns and James would do many exhibitions in the Charleston, Shim Sham , Lindy Hop and other dances together trying to help keep the dances alive.

 

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring
  n/a     n/a     n/a     n/a  
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles
Air Steps! Harlem Congeroo's   n/a  
Big Apple Leon James      
Black Bottom Whitey's Lindy Hoppers      
Charleston

Willa Mae Ricker

      
Jitterbug            
Lindy Hop            
Shim Sham            
Snake Hips            

Trunky-doo

            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Savoy Ballroom

Madison Square Garden

Hot Mikado

Players Club (Dance Studio)

  

Hellzapoppin' (dancer in White Coat)
 

Films

Television

(Other)

1937 - Jittering Jitterbugs (aka: Big Apple)

DuPont Show Of The Week

      

1938 - ?Paramount News: Savoy Contest ?

1964 - Playboy Club (w/ Minns)

      

1941 - Hellzapoppin'

            

1941 - Hot Chocolates

            

1943 - The Big Apple

            

1943 - Cabin In The Sky

            

1946 - Midnight Menace

            

1950 - The Spirit Moves

            

1954 - Jazz Dance (w/James)

           

1961 - Jazz Dance

           

1964 - Twelfth Street Rag (w/Minns)

            

1991 - Chicago and all That Jazz (w/James)

            
NOTE:
August 10, 2007

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