In Episode #9 - Swing Legends,” Swing Central moved into new territory by profiling some of the people who made the ongoing music and dance revival possible.

This episode is an incomplete version of a longer documentary we are calling “Swing Legends.” 

So far, the documentary profiles Frankie Manning and Dawn Hampton, two African-American dancers. Frankie, who is 91, and Dawn, who is 76, teach, perform and share stories about the swing era with younger generations. Both find that dancing late in their lives, which requires constant travel, helps keep them young.

Swing Legends has been screened at the Warehouse Theater through the Docs in Progress program as well as at Artomatic, an art show in the Washington D.C. area.