Paul Taylor

Taylor's Test of Time: 80's Ballets Spring to Life at City Center

Laura Halzack in <i>De Sueños (of dreams)</i>.
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Laura Halzack in De Sueños (of dreams).

Every year at this time Paul Taylor arrives at the City Center to make us happy. There are the new pieces (two this season, as usual). There are the recent works being given a second or third exposure. There are the classics: Aureole, Arden Court and of course Esplanade. There aren’t the great dances that are on temporary leave of absence: Sunset, Big Bertha, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal), Last Look, Company B, Syzygy.  read more »

Art vs. Agitprop: Taylor’s Triumph

Lisa Viola and Michael Trusnovec in <i>Lines of Loss</i>.
Lisa Viola and Michael Trusnovec in Lines of Loss.

Recently, over at B.A.M., William Forsythe in his new piece, Three Atmospheric Studies, made his pos  read more »

Marshall’s Intimate Cloudless; Wholesale Promotion at NYCB

Susan Marshall
Susan Marshall

There’s been dance everywhere these past weeks, and not only at the City Center, where Paul Ta  read more »

Marshall's Intimate Cloudless; Wholesale Promotion at NYCB

There’s been dance everywhere these past weeks, and not only at the City Center, where Paul Taylor  read more »

Paul Taylor, Light and Dark, Old and New, Always Convincing

Michael Trusnovec in Paul Taylor
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Michael Trusnovec in Paul Taylor

What does Paul Taylor mean by giving us two new pieces that are as violently opposed in spirit as Sp  read more »

From Invertebrate Life Forms To the Big Guns at A.B.T.

Julio Bocca and Alessandra Ferri in <i>Manon</i>.
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Julio Bocca and Alessandra Ferri in Manon.

Spring has already begun, with Paul Taylor just starting his annual season at the City Center.  read more »

A Brief Glimpse of Mark Morris As Performer and Choreographer

Last week in this space I was complaining about the inferior choreographers we've been exposed to la  read more »

Taylor's Jumping-Off Places: Revivals and Playful Premieres

Every year, it seems, when the Paul Taylor Dance Company steps out at the City Center, at least one  read more »

Graham's Company Endures Takes a Big Step Forward

Considering the traumas-psychological, financial and legal-that the Martha Graham Dance Company has  read more »

And Lo! Gospels from Mark, Epistles from Paul

Schumann's Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music.  read more »

Paul Taylor's Young Dancers Show Off His Sly Old Mastery

Of the 15 dancers performing for Paul Taylor in his recent two-week season at the City Center, only  read more »