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I recently had the pleasure of spending 7 days in New York City, in connection with Frankie95 - a festival to celebrate the life and 95th birthday of Frankie Manning, a Lindy Hop legend. Sadly, he passed away only weeks before thousands of dancers from around the world showed up in New York, which meant the event transformed into a memorial event, celebrating his life and the dance he helped create. There’s a really good short documentary here, about Lindy Hop and Frankie Manning in particular.

Frankie95 was absolutely fantastic, and in-between all the dancing, performances, and great bands, there was even time for some sightseeing around New York. I’ve uploaded a couple of pictures on Flickr (below), and you can see even more here (sightseeing) and here (dancing).

Today was the 5 year anniversary of our Swing Café at Studenterhuset in Copenhagen.

We were two who exhibited about 10 photographs each, and I did a slideshow of pictures from various Lindy Hop related events in Copenhagen and the rest of Europe, including Goodnight Sweetheart (GNSH), Herräng Dance Camp and CopHop.

You can view the video in high-resolution (~280MB) by clicking the image below. If you are on a slow connection, there’s also a lower resolution version available here (~110MB).