Rehearsing a Dream

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.[1]

Rehearsing a Dream
Directed byKaren Goodman
Kirk Simon
Produced byKaren Goodman
Kirk Simon
CinematographyBuddy Squires
Steve McCarthy
Edited byNancy Baker
Production
company
Simon & Goodman Picture Co.
Release date
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
39 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

References
  1. "NY Times: Rehearsing a Dream". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2008-12-06.


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