Department of Dance
Garth Fagan
Distinguished
Professor Emeritus and
Founder/Artistic Director of Garth Fagan Dance
Phone: (585) 395-2153
E-mail: mail@garthfagandance.org
Garth Fagan,
distinguished professor emeritus, taught at SUNY
Brockport beginning in 1970 when he established his now world famous company,
Garth Fagan Dance. The recipient of a Tony Award Drama Desk Award,
Astaire Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Lawrence OlivierAward
for his choreography for
Disney's Lion King, he has also received
a
Dance Magazine Award, Bessie Award, Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship,
Guggenheim Fellowship, and four honorary doctorate degrees. In addition
to restaging
Disney's Lion King internationally, he has mounted work
on major dance companies, including American Ballet Theater, Dance Theater
of Harlem, and the José Limon Dance Company and continues to choreograph
for his own company. He taught Fagan technique, composition, and repertory
classes in the department. His students were occasionally invited
to take a company class at its Rochester studio and a few have become company
members.
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