In 1919, into the heart of the burgeoning Harlem Renaissance, Norma Miller was born. As a child, she would watch the likes of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald play to the hopping crowds of the Savoy Ballroom, the majestic heart of Harlem and the birthplace of swing. At just 12, she was plucked from the street outside its doors and so began a career that would take her around the globe as one of the world's foremost swing dancers - and all before she turned 18. So put on a record and lace up your dancing shoes, because we're swinging out from the sprung-wood floors of the Savoy to the slippery decks of British liners and the beaches of Rio as we follow the life of Norma Miller, Queen of Swing.
McFadden, Robert D. “Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of Swing,’ Is Dead at 99”, New York Times, May 6, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/obituaries/norma-miller-dead.html
Miller, Norma. Swingin'at the Savoy: the Memoir of a Jazz Dancer. Temple University Press, 1996.
Spring, Howard. "Swing and the Lindy Hop: dance, venue, media, and tradition." American Music (1997): 183-207.
If you want to support Deviant Women, follow us on:
Patreon
Twitter @DeviantWomen
Facebook @deviantwomenpodcast
Instagram @deviantwomenpodcast
Deviant Women is recorded and produced on the lands of the Kaurna People and we pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Liane de Pougy
Bessie Smith
Marie Laveau
Season 4 Trailer
Holes in History - The Valiant Ladies of Potosi
Christmas 2019
Queenie St Clair
Mary Blair
We present: All The S**t I've Learned Abroad
Possessions of Loundun
Medea
La Malinche
Anita Berber
Katsura Masako
Deviant Women Trailer
Wendy Carlos w/ India Hooi
We present: Queers
Carolyn Layton w/ Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Hedy Lamarr
Begum Samru
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Hunting Seasons - A TV Podcast
List Me Tender
All the S**t I’ve Learned Abroad
Adam Richard Has A Theory
Asian Bitches Down Under