Rehearsing a Dream (2006)

Directed by

Karen Goodman

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

39 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of gifted 17 year old performing and visual artists during a week long program. They work with mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Vanessa L. Williams. The film shows the students practicing, learning, and preparing for their futures.

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What happens

Rehearsing a Dream is a short documentary directed and produced by four time Oscar nominees Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Cinematography by Buddy Squires and Steve McCarthy, edited by Nancy Baker and a Production of Simon & Goodman Picture Company. The film premiered on HBO in August 2007 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The film follows a group of gifted 17-year-old performing and visual artists at the YoungArts program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts in Miami. The young artists as spend a week learning from mentors like Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vanessa L. Williams, Jacques d'Amboise and Michael Tilson Thomas. The NFAA has for the past 27 years been helping the country's best high-school senior art students with their annual YoungArts Week in Miami and by scholarships. Over 7500 students apply for about 150 spots in all arts disciplines. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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