Actors Dancing and Dancers Acting: Getting the Most
- Synopsis
- Choreographer Garth Fagan, artistic director of the Bucket Dance Theatre, discusses his work on the New York Shakespeare Festival’s 1988 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by A. J. Antoon, with Carl Lumbly (Oberon). They talk about the different demands of acting and dancing, and the benefits that actors and dancers may gain by studying each other’s art. Fagan also talks about the formation of Bucket Dance Theatre, and his other choreographic ventures, such as the creation of Footprints Dressed in Red for Dance Theatre of Harlem. Excerpts show Lumbly in action in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the Bucket Dance Theatre in Fagan’s Prelude, From Before, and Mask Mix Masque.
- Series
- Eye on Dance
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Subjects
- Dance; Drama
- Keywords
- acting; choreography; dance; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Credits
- Director
- Richard Sheridan
- Producer
- Celia Ipiotis; Jeff Bush
- Contributor
- Garth Fagan
- Cast
Carl Lumbly
Production Company
- Name
ARC Videdance
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- dance@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 212 870 1657
- Fax
- 212 870 1869
- Address
- New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498
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