So Daddy, I'm doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor. But he wanted me to be a doctor like him and - you know, something more respectable than dancing. We were reading that your father was not happy with your choice of a career. Ease - never when you choreograph human beings. SAGAL: Did that ultimately work out for you? Did you live a life of luxury and ease?įAGAN: Oh, luxury, yes. SAGAL: You wanted to live that legendary, fast-living, international dancer lifestyle. SAGAL: So you weren't interested in dance because of the aesthetic pleasures of beauty? And shallow, shallow empty reasons - I was thrilled to do it. I'd danced with Ivy Baxter, national company in Jamaica.įAGAN: And they traveled around the world, wore beautiful clothes, drove fancy cars. Did you know that you were interested in dance? Were you one of those young men who knew that he wanted to dance from an early age?įAGAN: Yeah. So we were reading that you were growing up in Jamaica. And I fell in love with the city, especially in the springtime.įAGAN: And one eensy-teensy (ph) correction, it was 46 years ago. Overshot it a bit (unintelligible).įAGAN: Yeah. SAGAL: So do I have that right? Growing up in Jamaica, you dreamed of the hills of Rochester?įAGAN: I was on my way to New York City. SAGAL: The founder of the Garth Fagan Dance Company and the choreographer of the Broadway smash "The Lion King" joins us now. And 40 years ago, he first found that paradise when he came to Rochester, N.Y. When acclaimed choreographer Garth Fagan was growing up in Jamaica, he dreamed of a far off place where he could pursue his art and create his company and teach dance to others. And now the game where we like to celebrate someone's lifetime of achievement by asking them to achieve just one more thing.
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