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ROBERT HENRY JOHNSON
Nationality: African American
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Robert Henry Johnson is a dancer and playwright who mixes movement style and literary influences with equal fluidity. The son of jazz singer Lady Mem'fis and guitarist Robert Gonzales, he was one of the first students to graduate from San Francisco's School of the Performing Arts. He attended the San Francisco Ballet School on full scholarship. His performances are an arresting mix of muscular virtuosity, manic energy and naked emotion. In addition to founding the Robert Henry Johnson Dance Company in 1993, Johnson has created works for Oakland Ballet,Bavarian State Opera Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theater and others. He has since disbanded his company to focus on solo work mixing dance and text, and is working on several new plays: "The Othello Papers," commissioned by the African American Shakespeare Company, and two plays commissioned by the Buriel Clay Play Reading Series.
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Othello Papers, The Re-Myth: The Horse ProjectOthello Papers, The
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Shakespeare's black characters meet to plan a revolution against the master
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Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco @ Magic Theatre
18 Jul 2009
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