The Big Apple

- The Big Apple - The Big Apple was originally a big dance craze 1937. A caller was used to shout out steps and the dancers followed. This dance is still used in the swing dance scene but by using Frankie Mannings choreography that Whitey’s dancers(Herbert White’s groups for example Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers or Whitey’s Hopping Maniacs) filmed for the film Keep Punchin’. Withey’s dancers used this one a lot and also generations and generations of dancers that came after. We often perform this routine in our shows to share the knowledge and pay tribute to where this style came from and from who we learned. We decided to film our version to share our interpretation of the original Keep Punchin’ routine. Frankie taught Hot Shots his way of doing these steps first time in the 1980s and we try to keep his legacy alive as good as possible! This is one of the reasons we did this project. Besides the Keep Punchin’ film, you can also see this routine performed by Whitey