Lindy By Lanza

JOE LANZA

THE LIVING LEGEND OF LINDY

New Photos Added

AS OF 11-5-04

Who is Joe Lanza?

Created the Bossa Nova dance.
1951 Valentine Tango Contest Trophy winner at The Hollywood Palladium.
Authored over thirty books ranging from children's stories to instructional books on dancing and tennis.
Organized the first succesful dance club in the US, the Hollywood Dance Club (1954).
Documented the Dean Collins Lindy Technique in his latest book "Strictly Swing The Dean Collins Way."
Lanza's "Triple Jumping Jack" has never been duplicated since 1955.
The ONLY acrobatic Swing dancer in films. Danced in and choreographed over 50 stage, television and movie musicals.
At 77 years of age, Lanza is still active as lecturer, author and dancer.
Is now in the process off supplementing "Strictly Swing" with an additional 200 pages of information and over 100 vintage photos. Due to be published February 2001!

Additional pages and photos are being added every week by Joe Lanza. Come back often!

First edition copies of "Lindy By Lanza " are selling out fast! Less than 100 copies are left, containing over 100 pre-1960 vintage photos of Hollywood dancers plus 20 photos of famous current Hollywood dancers.
Order while books last!! Ordering info on the bottom of this page.

For a copy of "The Dancer" send $29 plus $5 for postage and insurance to:
Joe Lanza
P.O. Box 162
Pasadena, CA 91102
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First edition copies of "The Dancer" are selling out fast! Less than 100 copies are left, containing over 100 pre-1960 vintage photos of Hollywood dancers plus 20 photos of famous current Hollywood dancers. Order while books last!! Ordering info on the top of this page.

Winner of the Rudolf Valentino Tango Trophy 1952

Joe Lanza was the only acrobatic Swing dancer in rock and roll films in the 20th century. Lanza orginated the 'Back Flip Whip,' 'The Lanza Flip,' and the 'Triple Jumping Jack.' 'The Triple Jumping Jack' has never been duplicated. Lanza will introduce a new Lindy aerial this fall, 'The Lanza Butterfly.'

Joe Lanza created, produced and directed an orginal musical show for ABC-TV in 1957, the 'Let's Dance Show.' It ran 50 hours of dance contests in Swing, Tango, Samba, and Cha-Cha.

Lanza performed in sixty TV musicals and over twenty Hollywood films.Just a few of his credits include :

Click Here For Joe's IMDB Entry

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