Rehearsing a Dream
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| Rehearsing a Dream | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karen Goodman/Kirk Simon |
| Produced by | Karen Goodman/Kirk Simon |
| Cinematography | Buddy Squires/Steve McCarthy |
| Editing by | Nancy Baker |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Running time | 39 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Rehearsing a Dream is an Academy Award-nominated short documentary directed and produced by four time Academy Award 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 of 2007.
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.
