Paul Swan was an American dancer who helped pioneer "aesthetic" interpretive forms of modern dance in the ('teens) and 1920s. Swan's dedication to his art remained virtually unchanged throughout his lifetime, as did his performances; he continued to reenact earlier dances and poetry recitals, complete with original costumes and music and the same expressive gestures, for more than fifty years. Warhol's interest in Paul Swan seems to have been based on the observation that Swan had become the living embodiment of camp. Warhol's film Paul Swan, while often hilarious, does not really make fun of its subject: instead the seriousness with which Swan restages his antique performances, doggedly changing one flimsy outfit after another, patiently taking off and putting on elaborate sets of costume jewelry, and endlessly hunting for the right pair of shoes to wear in a particular number, becomes oddly impressive after a while, recalling the equally disorganized, equally uncompromising performances of Jack Smith.-Callie Angell