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<\/a>Garth Fagan - Choreographer Lion King Broadway Musical<\/p><\/div>
\nFagan won a Tony award in 1998 for choreography. The choreographer and founder of Garth Fagan Dance attended a March performance of a touring production of \u201cThe Lion King\u201d in Rochester, where his professional troupe is based.<\/p>\n
The Lion King musical comes to Syracuse, NY<\/a> on Tuesday, September 06, 2011 for a four-week run. It premiered on Broadway in November 1997 and continues to play there.<\/p>\n Based on the 1994 Disney movie, \u201cThe Lion King\u201d tells the story of lion cub Simba, heir to his father Mufasa\u2019s throne as ruler of the animal kingdom. Simba is remorseful believing he is to blame for his father\u2019s death, which unbeknownst to him had been engineered by his evil uncle Scar. Guilt drives the lion cub to run away.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Lion King\u201d still affects the 71-year-old Fagan in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n \u201cI still bawl like a baby at the first number,\u201d he says referring to \u201cCircle of Life.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI know every step, every sound, where everyone\u2019s going to be. <\/p>\n I\u2019m checking it out to make sure things are just right. I still cry; it brings back some sort of childhood stuff that I thought I had buried.\u201d<\/p>\n Memories of his daughter, who died at 3 years old in a car accident, influenced the creation of his dances.<\/p>\n \u201cI never liked cats. I\u2019m a dog person,\u201d he says with a tinge of his Jamaican accent surfacing. But Fagan\u2019s daughter, Sherrin, was a cat lover.<\/p>\n Working on a production where the big cats rule, \u201cI had to learn how to get some respect for that,\u201d he says with a laugh that rumbles forth.<\/p>\n \u201cYou use negatives to become a positive,\u201d he says of the tragic circumstances.<\/p>\n Read the complete Interview {Via http:\/\/blog.syracuse.com<\/a>}<\/p>\n