I swear I love US!! #TeamDL Ann Johnson was part of the famous Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. **Lindy Hop is a Black American artform that emerged in late 1920s in Harlem, NYC during the Swing Jazz era..** ABOUT ANN JOHNSON It’s no surprise that her partner, Frankie Manning, once said : “[She was] like a cat….no matter what way I threw her, she would land on her feet.” To this day, nobody has pulled off “The Snatch” like Ann & Frankie, which is when the flyer is caught on the shoulder with a pause and then thrown back the same direction. Ann & Frankie were dance partners between 1940-1952. She appeared in Life magazine in 1940 & 1941 and starred in famous Lindy Hop sequences such as Hellzapoppin’, Killer Diller & Hot Chocolate. I’ve always personally been fascinated with her flying capabilities and style. Here she is seen smiling at incredibly high tempo (310 bpm). One needs some serious core to pull this off since such swing momentum would tear any normal individual’s shoulder off. ...