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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Ronnie and Twan Twan

Video recording of Junious Brickhouse interviewing Ronnie and Twan Twan

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[ Transcription of video recording of Junious Brickhouse interviewing Ronnie and Twan Twan. Transcript has been edited by AFC staff to remove sensitive information. ]

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Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Ronnie and Twan Twan

Names

  • Brickhouse, Junious (Interviewer)
  • Guerrero, Jake (Recordist)
  • Guerrero, Noah (Recordist)
  • Parks, Charles Lee (Contributor)
  • Forman, Kelli (Contributor)
  • Sloan, Ronnie (Interviewee)
  • Twan-Twan (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 2023

Headings

  • -  Street life
  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Dance parties
  • -  House music--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  African American dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  Dance--Competitions
  • -  Underground music--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Ronnie Sloan and Antoine Humphries a.k.a. Twan Twan talk about how their love for dance and music impacted their lives and allowed them to develop business acumen and other opportunities beyond dance. Ronnie is the founder and president of House-O-Matics, based in Chicago and Twan Twan is an original member. Twan Twan has a nonprofit called The Urban Ark, which gives back to the community through the arts and dance. Ronnie and Twan Twan discuss the ways in which dance provided an outlet for people to be involved in something outside of gang or drug related activities and that it wasn't about just the dance but also the love, community, and structure.
  • -  Keywords: basement parties, branding, community, entrepreneurship, family, outlet, professional development, promoter (promotion/promoting), cultural sustainability, The Urban Ark, therapy
  • -  Venue: Recorded at The Urban Ark, Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Chicago

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, Jake Guerrero, Noah Guerrero, Charles Lee Parks, Kelli Forman, Ronnie Sloan, and Twan-Twan. Follow The Music Interview: Ronnie and Twan Twan. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_010/.

APA citation style:

Brickhouse, J., Guerrero, J., Guerrero, N., Parks, C. L., Forman, K., Sloan, R. & Twan-Twan. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Ronnie and Twan Twan. Chicago, Illinois. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_010/.

MLA citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, et al. Follow The Music Interview: Ronnie and Twan Twan. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_010/>.