Rehearsing a Dream

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name = Rehearsing a Dream


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director = Karen Goodman/Kirk Simon
producer = Karen Goodman/Kirk Simon
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cinematography = Buddy Squires/Steve McCarthy
editing = Nancy Baker
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released = 2006
runtime = 39 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 00982919Rehearsing 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 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.

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*imdb title|id=00982919|title=Rehearsing a Dream