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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

Email
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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