- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 47 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Choreographer and dancer Julian Marvin Swain was born on December 18, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. Attending Stephen A. Douglas Elementary School and Wendell Phillips High School, Swain performed with Carmencita Romero in the Southside Community Art Center's Annual Artists Ball at the Savoy. In 1940, Swain studied African dance from Senegal's Assadata Dafora, becoming the lead dancer at Chicago's Club DeLisa, then forming the Co-Op Trio with Peter Green and Ann Henry. Performing with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, in 1952, the Co-Ops also toured for Larry Steele and Arthur Bragg. In 1971, Swain formed the Julian Swain Inner City Dance Theatre, performing for Festac '77 in Lagos Nigeria. Swain was a dance panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and participated in Dance Africa. Swain was a recipient of the Black Theatre Alliance Award and the 2004 Chicago Senior Citizen of the Year Award. He passed away on April 19, 2011.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Julian Marvin Swain
- Julian Marvin Swain
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Jeff Griffin.
- OCLC
- 1003150338
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Julian Marvin Swain.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
024702
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Jeff Griffin.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 March 23.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Choreographer Dancer.
- Added Author
Swain, Julian, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Griffin, Jeff, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.