The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Garth Fagan

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Garth Fagan

04/18/2018

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2018.068

Choreographer Garth Fagan (1940 - ) founded the Garth Fagan Dance company, and choreographed the Tony award winning musical The Lion King. Fagan was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 04/18/2018, in Rochester, NY. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 55m 23s

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Fagan, Garth, 1940-

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Choreographer Garth Fagan, was born Gawain Garth Fagan on May 3, 1940 in Kingston, Jamaica to Louise Walker and S.W. Fagan, a chief education officer of Jamaica. As a teenager, Fagan studied dance with Ivy Baxter and the Jamaica National Dance Company. He attended Excelsior High School in St. Andrews, Jamaica, and performed at the inauguration ceremony for Cuban President Fidel Castro in 1959. After moving to Detroit, Michigan in 1960, Fagan danced with the Detroit Contemporary Dance Company and...