Each spring, lindy hop king Frankie Manning returns to Denver, like the swallows to Capistrano, for a weekend of dance, dance and more dance. The octogenarian’s history as a dancer dates back to the ...

Frankie Manning, the acknowledged king of the Savoy lindy hop, might, incredibly, be ninety years old, but he’s still going strong, and so is the Frankie Manning Weekend — a local tradition, now in ...

To watch Frankie Manning at work is to learn humility anew. I’m leaning against the doors at one of the big rooms at Mesa Centennial Hall, waiting for Manning to finish one of the morning classes he’s ...