Al Minns and Leon James on DuPont Show of the Week

[kolense]

they have vid on worldstarhiphop

[naturegirlfromny]

Fantastic, i wish  I knew which was which tho!

[pitterpattern]

@naturegirlfromny Leon James is fun, Al Minns is funK. ;D

[EnBapEmmm]

Inspiration 

[Pandaonfire5]

Love these guys.

[9feetdancemonstrum]

this just looks like so much fun



[Canizarezqw]

Do you need to stretch before doing this kind of dance? =)

[IIIDoCIII]

did anyone else see hitler at 3:18 to 3:22 o.O

[LindyCompound]

@IIIDoCIII haha... that is Gene Krupa! Funny, he doesn't even have a mustache. Probably an errant shadow, but yeah I see it.

[pitterpattern]

@LindyCompound Krupa does the lip snarl when he's muggin.' xD ..Archer segway.."Why was he dressed up as Hitler?" "wait no, the one with the teeth..Buddy Rich!"

[princesstav]

Leon James is my great grandpa =]

[7roach]

@princesstav tons of us are so inspired by his dancing and ability to entertain! Does your family talk about him much? I've wondered what he was like. If you were able to interview family members who remember your great grandpa James and share, we would be so indebted & excited! =)

Frankie Manning lived so much longer, so it was a real honor to hear him talk about his life and the golden era of the lindy hop at the Savoy. Wish we had the same with Leon James.

[fabulousprincipessa]

This is FABULOUS!!!! Love it!!

[elcazador1978]

buenísimo!!!!!!! bravo!!!!

[MfalmeBwana]

This is the way African Americans hid the African martial arts in the dance in

North America, see how some of the move resemble the African American Martial Art of Capoeria in South America?

[drstevie]

props to guy for puttin this up.it"s fantastic !!

[derSetorn]

=) you see all modern dance styles in the charlston lol

[CuteCatFaith]

I studied swing and lindy in NYC in 1983 all year and learned with Teddie Kern. George Lloyd was my dance partner. I am in Paris France and teach Savoy Lindy to men and ladies. It is a great dance for two ladies together. You have seen nothing like what I can teach you. cute cat faith dot com great posting real fun!

[Stephen0Stevie0]

whats the music called fookin great

[DontWorryBeTuby]

Wow! Thanks for posting this!

[mynio76]

This is some great footage, these guys started the base for break dancing, wow!!

[killyoulikeapig]

great dance! but, pants are too short

[starcalibre]

@killyoulikeapig yeah sorry they really should've predicted what some sedentary masterbator on youtube should have to say about it in 70 years

[cannoir]

they are both very smooh. I need to steal some of the moved.I'd be out of breath in 10 secs lol!

[starwars34]

you can this influence in bboying, popping, hip-hip dance, etc.

[LIKELOUSE]

nah que decir AWESOME

[Blackjesus3]

good dancers

[LadyKararD]

I Love Al Minns and Leon

[snoopygirl2006]

proud to archive this as part of black american history. shit is AWESOME!

[Ull3R]

shut awp haw

[enoebel]

That was amazing. WOW. Those two men had a major influence in jazz dance, I know versions of all those moves, but could NEVER do it like that. WOW. Pioneers.

[DARKnDODGY]

check out my vid of "paulo nutini pencil full of lead with Al Minns and Leon James dancing"

[factfinder4]

Great dancing, great fun, great energy, great control! Wish I could move like they do

[forresto]

30+ years and you might, keep it up!

[alisub]

perfect

[THIl2D3Y3]

Ah this stuff is so awesome

[PatsBooks]

Excellent!

[gizmoshadow1978]

ya some of those moves was the gayist shit ive ever seen

[cti69]

ci piacciono mucho!!

[4872275]

flogger

[TaCoHoMo6]

is he holding a joint?

[jwilson07]

useless trivia time, the cigarette sponsors of these shows had it in the contracts that the MC would have a lit cig going at all times during the show.

[Callithyia]

they're brilliant dancers :D

[LasxMalvinasxArg]

The music is good but the dance looks like female movement, I would say those two guys look like gays dancing jazz.

[akatz000]

this must have been so scandalous back then

[MatuSSisko]

Maaan that s one crazy dancing :D:D

[bompy84]

What a great video!!!

[alanleorivero]

jajaja es una fiestaa!!!

un verdadero despelote!!!

[teretere2000]

bellisimo

[guillesstone]

re celquiera (N)

[IndieKid90]

I love this! How did you get hold of the footage?

[LindyCompound]

I found it on an out-of-print videotape called "Chicago and All That Jazz."

[HelgaMaq]

A piece of real joy in our hard days!

[zuzggg]

wow

[werdup510]

this is where "house steppin" came from

[davidschlachter1]

Their Lindy routine was super cool.

[Hashnew]

Wonderful.

[FG94]

hahaha he shook his butt

i cracked up

[zemen51]

so that's where jumpstyle come from

[TurboKurva]

It definitly came form swing but i say more like Shaq and not charleston version..

[willowtreephoto]

you just don't see enough men dancing together these days, very refreshing.

[TheRealist]

Dope shit. Charleston is a tight dance.

Could incorporate it into my Tops if I knew how to do 'em. =/

[THIl2D3Y3]

Yeah, this resembles bboy toprocks so much.

[Stylemasterr]

kids call this the spongebob now. its the new hot dance search for it and see how history repeats itself

[alwaysjinxed]

haha wow they really do. i'm 19 and have been known to watch a bit of spongebob but had never seen that!

[OrphanEater1]

Hah your right. At least black culture has a dance that isnt just plain stupid like soulja boy. Even if it is called "the spongebob"...

[tapwonderland]

Thanks for posting this file. We've embedded it into one of the pages at Tap Wonderland to offer a little illustration of the Snakehips dance. tap-wonderland dot com/twcarlos.htm

It's a fascinating clip on several levels. Great!

[EdenSwings]

Freaking awesome..it's got everything, tranky doo, snakehips, california routine. great quality, too! Thanks!

[Honnis]

at 1:25 he's skanking/two stepping, the origin of ska and punk rock dance as well perhaps. Totally awesome video. 5 stars :D.

[twentythreeskidoo]

how awesome! that was truly great.

[RhythmJunkie]

This is great thanks for sharing!

[cmank]

i wish there was a video that taught how to do the charleston

[coolcatsrus]

I'll make one if you want me to. get back to me

[mrmenzer]

This clip is amazing! What a find!

[troach]

HAha! Thanks for sharing! Prime clip. PRIME!

[katehedin]

This is great! I hadn't seen this clip before. Thanks!