The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Julian Marvin Swain

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Julian Marvin Swain

3/23/2005

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.075

Choreographer and dancer Julian Marvin Swain (1924 - 2011 ) formed the Co-Op Trio, which performed with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Swain was also the founder of the Julian Swain Inner City Dance Theatre and Julian Swain and Friends, and was a dance panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Swain was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/23/2005, in Chicago, Illinois. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 47m 02s

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