FREEDOM DREAMER
Pose’s breakout star, Ryan Jamaal Swain, always knew he wanted to be a performer. The showbiz bug bit him at 4 years old after he’d finished a tap routine and he relished in the applause so much that he couldn’t bring himself to exit the stage. Thus began his serious pursuit of the arts.
As a child in Birmingham, Ala., Swain studied ballet, jazz, and modern hip-hop dance. He performed with several dance companies before turning to acting at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He
