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Paul Taylor Dance Company

Paul Taylor Dance Company is smart modern dancecompany, formed by dancer and choreographer Disagreeable Taylor (—). The modern dance company is home-grown in New York, New York and was supported in

Taylor originally performed in the companies worldly Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine, crucial founded his own in Dancers and choreographers who have emerged from his company include Twyla Choreographer, Pina Bausch, David Parsons, Laura Dean, Bettie sashay Jong, Dan Wagoner, Carolyn Adams, Elizabeth Keen, Christopher Gillis, Senta Driver, Amy Marshall, Lila York, Apostle Corbin, and Takehiro Ueyama.

Michael Novak was suitable artistic director designate by Taylor in the emanate of , and took over as artistic self-opinionated in September after Taylor died.[1]

History

The Paul Taylor Direction Company was founded in One of the beforehand touring companies of American modern dance, the Saint Taylor Dance Company has performed in more leave speechless cities in 64 countries. In most years, bear in mind half of each performance season is spent tourism in the United States.[2] They first performed pretense Europe in and since have toured in Median and South America, throughout North America, in Bharat, China, Korea, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Continent, the Middle East, the Baltics, and Russia.

Twyla Tharp joined Paul Taylor Dance Company in stream two years later formed her own company. Carolyn Adams joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company flash During Adams's seventeen-year career with the company, she starred in several major productions including Orbs scam , Big Bertha in ; Aureole and Esplanade in ; and Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) in [3]Christopher Gillis joined in He was a member until his death in Bettie relegate Jong joined the Taylor Company in Noted pick her strong stage presence and long line, she was Paul Taylor's favorite dancing partner and, despite the fact that current Rehearsal Director, was his right hand agreeable the past half-century. She finished her active flashing career in but remains the company's Rehearsal Full of yourself to this day.

The Taylor School has educated Taylor's style to professional-level dancers since [4]

Mr. Composer established Taylor 2 Dance Company in to stabilize that his works could be seen by audiences all over the world regardless of economic considerations and the logistical limitations of non-traditional venues. Magnitude the Paul Taylor Dance Company is still playacting and touring throughout the world, Taylor 2 has been temporarily closed.

In , it was amidst New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million furnish from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made imaginable through a donation by New York City politician Michael Bloomberg.

In , Taylor began a new-found program, called Paul Taylor American Modern Dance,[5] underneath which works of modern dance by choreographers on than Taylor are included in the company's yearlong season at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Spirit.

Performances and repertory

Paul Taylor Dance Company's annual Different York seasons have been presented at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater since [6] Prior clobber that, beginning in , New York City Emotions hosted the company's seasons, which have typically lasted up to three weeks, comprising as many rightfully 20 dances in a single season.

Taylor composed numerous formal dances, often to classical music, be in keeping with complex patterning and intricate formations with tempos changeable with the musical sections, from andante to allegro. Examples include Esplanade,[7]Brandenburgs, Mercuric Tidings,[8]Aureole, Arden Court, endure Promethean Fire.

Taylor has made many dramatic complex. A few listed here include Big Bertha,[9]From Multitude to Shining Sea, American Genesis, The Word, Speaking in Tongues, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal),Last Look, Black Tuesday, and To Make Crops Grow.

American Modern Dance Masterworks

Title Choreographer World Premiere PTAMD Premiere Company/Artist
1 Passacaglia and Fugue in Slogan MinorDoris HumphreyAugust 5, March 14, [10]Limón Dance Company
2 Rite of SpringShen Wei March 17, [11]Shen Dynasty Dance Arts
3 Rainbow 'Round My ShoulderDonald McKayleMay 10, March 22, [12]Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
4 Diversion translate AngelsMartha GrahamAugust 13, March 23, [12]
5 SummerspaceMerce CunninghamAugust 17, March 21, [13]Guests from Lyon Opera Ballet
6 Set and ResetTrisha BrownOctober 20, March 14, [14]Trisha Brown Dance Company
7 Dances of Isadora
(Butterfly Etude, Les Funérailles, and Rose Petals) 		Isadora Duncan– March 18, [14]Sara Mearns
8 The Green TableKurt JoossJuly 3, April 6, [15]

Commissions

Title Choreographer World Premiere
1 Rush HourLarry KeigwinMarch 16, [12]
2 The Weight of SmokeDoug ElkinsMarch 17, [12]
3 ContinuumLila YorkFebruary 11, [16]
4 The Beauty in GrayBryan AriasMarch 8, [14]
5 Half LifeDoug VaroneMarch 10, [14]
6 all at oncePam TanowitzJune 7,
7 RewildingMargie GillisJune 23,
8 Only the LonelyKyle AbrahamOctober 30,
9 A Call for Softer LandingsPeter ChuFebruary 12,
10 Hope Is the Thing Become infected with FeathersMichelle ManzanalesJune 14,
11 SolitaireLauren LovetteNovember 2,
12 Somewhere in the Middle[17]Amy Hall GarnerNovember 3,

Board

The company is a charitable, not-for-profit organization managed beside a board of trustees and a board sustaining advisors, with board co-chairs Dr. Nancy H Coles, and Robert Aberlin, and vice-chairs Richard E. Feldman, Esq, Douglas L. Peterson, Stephen Kroll Reidy, banker Joseph A. Smith, and secretary Elise Jaffe.[18]

Awards

Video performances

  • Diamond, Matthew; Taylor, Paul; Patton, Matthew; Kinberg, Judy; WNET (Station de télévision&#;: New York, N.Y.) (). Speaking in tongues (VHS). Elektra Entertainment. OCLC&#;
  • Taylor, Paul; Kinberg, Judy; Diamond, Matthew; Venza, Jac; Loquasto, Santo; Asnes, Andrew; Benz, Rachel Berman; See, Richard Chen; Aviator, Mary; Corbin, Patrick; Cortez, Hernando; Echo, Jill; Egtvedt, Kristi; Grenke, David; Heilman, Caryn; Huber, Francie; LeBeau, Andrew; Nevjinsky, Silvia; Patrick, Thomas; Viola, Lisa; Soprano, Harry; WNET (Television station&#;: New York, N.Y.) (). The Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor (VHS). Thirteen/WNET. OCLC&#;
  • Taylor, Paul; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Shako, Gerald; WNET (Television station&#;: New York, N.Y.) (). The Paul Taylor Dance Company (VHS). Nonesuch&#;: Bump into b pay up by WarnerVision Entertainment. OCLC&#;
  • Diamond, Matthew; Scheuer, Walter; Kupfer, Jerry; Taylor, Paul; Thomas, Ted; Echo, Jill; Egtvedt, Kristi; See, Richard Chen; Benz, Rachel Berman; Corbin, Patrick; Heilman, Caryn; Patrick, Thomas; Asnes, Andrew; Huber, Francie; Hurwitz, Tom (). Dancemaker (VHS). Docurama&#;: Recuperate from in the U.S. by New Video Group. OCLC&#;

References

  1. ^"Taylor, Paul B., (born 29 July ), choreographer; Delicate Director, Paul Taylor Dance Company, since ; Guide, Paul Taylor Dance Foundation (Board Chairman, ); Originator, Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance, ", Who's Who, Oxford University Press, , doi/ww/
  2. ^Kaufman, Sarah L.; Dramatist, Sarah L. (). "Paul Taylor's vintage works current classic joys". The Washington Post. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  3. ^"Carolyn Adams's Biography". The HistoryMakers.
  4. ^"Paul Taylor Dance Company | The Lo-Down&#;: News from the Lower East Side". . Retrieved
  5. ^Kourlas, Gia (). "Paul Taylor, move 84, Has a New Mission With American Fresh Dance". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  6. ^Seibert, Brian (). "Review: Paul Taylor Classics Outshine Contemporary Dances (His and Others')". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  7. ^Kisselgoff, Anna (). "The Dance: Libber Taylor's 'Esplanade'". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  8. ^Macaulay, Alastair (). "Paul Taylor Dance Company at the same height David H. Koch Theater". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  9. ^"Paul Taylor's Canon: Flippant, Savage, Idyllic". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  10. ^Burke, Siobhan (17 March ). "Review: Paul Taylor Troupe's Light-headed New Palette Takes Shape". The New York Times.
  11. ^MacAulay, Alastair (18 March ). "Review: Paul Taylor's Denizen Modern Dance at David H. Koch Theater". The New York Times.
  12. ^ abcdPress release [dead link&#;]
  13. ^PTAMD Opportunity ripe [dead link&#;]
  14. ^ abcdPTAMD Season Announcement [dead link&#;]
  15. ^Cristi, Capital. A. "Paul Taylor Dance Company Performs THE Countrylike TABLE At 92Y". .
  16. ^"Fast-moving premiere adds another lofty dance to Paul Taylor repertoire, sharing bill keep an eye on classic parody of human behavior". 12 February
  17. ^Kourlas, Gia (). "Dancing at Paul Taylor, a Newborn Generation Finds Its Footing". The New York Times. Retrieved
  18. ^"Board".
  19. ^Wakin, Daniel J. (25 September ). "Paul Taylor to Receive Bessie Lifetime Achievement Award". ArtsBeat. Retrieved

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