 Event |
Garth Fagan Bucket Dance Company
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| Venue |
Aotea Centre, Auckland CBD, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 1990 |
| First Date |
7 March 1990 |
| Opening Date |
7 March 1990 |
| Last Date |
10 March 1990 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Garth Fagan Bucket Dance Company is one of the most triumphantly original dance groups of the 80’s. Bucket Dance consists of dancers who were trained from an early age in the Garth Fagan technique, a combination of “physical solidity and a spiritual sense of airy aspiration.” This extraordinary dance company drew its dancers from inner-city Rochester, New York. Its director is Professor of Dance at the State University of New York. Garth Fagan is regarded as one of the great reformers and innovators in American dance. His choreography spurns the cliched notions that audiences may have of Blac |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Dance
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| Secondary Genre |
Music
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| Text Nationality |
United States of America
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| Production Nationality |
United States of America
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
New Zealand International Festival of the Arts 1990 programme - accessed via the National Library archive. |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
156835 |
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