May 3: Today in Dance

Born Today: Garth Fagan

Choreographer Garth Fagan (1940-) began performing in high school with the Jamaican National Dance Company and continued dancing in college while pursuing a degree in psychology. He directed the All-City Dance Company in Detroit and relocated to New York to perform with Pearl Primus (1919–1994) and Lavinia Williams (1916–1989) in the 1960s. At the end of the decade, he was invited to teach at SUNY…