文档介绍：Unit Six Arts and Entertainment
Brief Introduction to the Unit:
The three articles in this unit are all about arts and entertainment. One is about Jazz dance, the other two about the revolution going on in entertainment.
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The Return of the Broadway Boogie-Woogie--GRIOT NEW YORK: Garth Fagan Dance and the Wynton Marsalis Septet
By VALERIE GLADSTONE
About the work:
Originally premiered in 1991, “Griot New York” is a remarkable collaboration between choreographer Garth Fagan, composer Wynton Marsalis, and sculptor Martin Puryear.
Artist Bio:
Garth Fagan, born 1940 in Jamaica, West Indies.
Occupation: dancer, choreographer
Honors and Awards:
Distinguished University Professor of the State University of New York, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship,
In 1996 he was named one of only twenty-five American scholars, artists, professionals and public figures to receive the title Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow,
the prestigious three-year Choreography Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,
honorary doctorates from several prestigious universities including the Juilliard School and the University of Rochester,
the Dance Magazine Award for “significant contributions to dance during a distinguished career”,
the “Bessie” Award (New York Dance and Performance Award) for Sustained Achievement,
the 1986 New York State Governor’s Arts Award,
the prestigious 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography,
the 1998 Drama Desk Award,
the 1998 Outer Critics Circle Award,
the 1998 Astaire Award,
the 2000 Sir Laurence Oliver Award,
the 2001 Ovation Award.