The Twin Cities theater community gathered on Monday, September 19 for the 7th annual Ivey Awards, a celebration that honors and showcases the work of professional theater companies and artists. Among the evening's Ivey recipients was Irish choreographer David Bolger, whose fancy footwork for the Guthrie Theater's 2011 splash-hit production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore was heralded as "arresting," "breathtaking," and "awesome."
PBS will air the Guthrie production, which was directed by Joe Dowling, on Friday, October 14, 2011, 9:00 p.m. ET as part of its nine-part PBS Arts Fall Festival of performing arts programming. H.M.S. Pinafore kicks off an exciting lineup on Friday nights through mid-December, including the broadcast debut of Cameron Crowe's documentary music film "Pearl Jam Twenty," dance performance films from Bill T. Jones, Miami City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, rock and Americana music programs from Cleveland and North Carolina, and a major new opera from LA Opera.Bolger's work has been seen on the Guthrie stage in the Theater's memorable 2004 production of The Pirates of Penzance and the 1999 Cameron Mackintosh musicAl Martin Guerre. Bolger's other credits include work with the U.K.'s National Theatre, Druid Theatre Company, Dublin's Abbey Theatre, Opera Ireland and English National Opera. He also served as choreographer for the 1998 film Dancing at Lughnasa starring Meryl Streep.Videos