As part of his preparation for his Oscar-nominated performance as MALCOLM X ('92), Denzel Washington learned the Lindy Hop for the dance sequence in the film. According to director Spike Lee, Washington did all the dancing and no stunt man was used at all. #LetsMovie | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

-History Of The Lindy Hop Dance- On May 21st 1927 the Lindy Hop dance was publicly introduced to the world. The Lindy hop is an African American dance which was born in Harlem, New York City. On that date, the Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis airplane completed the first transatlantic flight by air, the Newspaper reported “Lindy Hops the Atlantic” and the dance style adopted the headline. The dance has evolved since then with the jazz music of that time and was very popular during the swing era of