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Full general data
Year founded	1954; 68 years ago  (1954)
Founding creative director	Paul Taylor
Location	551 1000 Street, New York City
Principal venue	David H. Koch Theater
Website	paultaylordance.org
Senior staff
Executive Managing director	John Tomlinson
Artistic staff
Creative Director	Michael Novak

Paul Taylor Trip the light fantastic Company, is a modern dance company, formed by dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor (1930—2018). The modern dance company is based in New York, New York and was founded in 1954.

Taylor originally performed in the companies of Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine, and founded his ain in 1954. Dancers and choreographers who accept emerged from his company include Twyla Tharp, Pina Bausch, David Parsons, Laura Dean, Bettie de Jong, Dan Wagoner, Carolyn Adams, Elizabeth Keen, Christopher Gillis, Senta Driver, Amy Marshall, Lila York, Patrick Corbin, and Takehiro Ueyama.

Michael Novak was appointed artistic director designate by Taylor in the spring of 2018, and took over equally artistic manager in September 2018 after Taylor died.^[1]

History [edit]

Paul Taylor Trip the light fantastic toe Company performing Taylor's Esplanade

The Paul Taylor Trip the light fantastic Company was founded in 1954. I of the early touring companies of American mod trip the light fantastic toe, the Paul Taylor Trip the light fantastic toe Company has performed in more than 520 cities in 64 countries. In virtually years, about one-half of each performance flavour is spent touring in the United states of america.^[two] They beginning performed in Europe in 1960 and since take toured in Central and Due south America, throughout North America, in India, China, Korea, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Republic of indonesia, Africa, the Middle East, the Baltics, and Russia.

Twyla Tharp joined Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1963 and two years after formed her own company. Carolyn Adams joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1965. During Adams's seventeen yr career with the visitor, she starred in several major productions including Orbs in 1966, Large Bertha in 1971; Aureole and Esplanade in 1975; and Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) in 1980.^[3] Christopher Gillis joined in 1976. He was a member until his death in 1993. Bettie de Jong joined the Taylor Company in 1962. Noted for her strong stage presence and long line, she was Paul Taylor's favorite dancing partner and, as electric current Rehearsal Director, was his correct mitt for the by half-century. She finished her active dancing career in 1985 but remains the Company'southward Rehearsal Director to this day.

The Taylor Schoolhouse has taught Taylor'due south manner to professional-level dancers since 1984.^[4]

Mr. Taylor established Taylor two Dance Company in 1993 to ensure that his works could be seen by audiences all over the world regardless of economic considerations and the logistical limitations of non-traditional venues. While the Paul Taylor Dance Company is still performing and touring throughout the world, Taylor 2 has been temporarily closed.

In 2005, it was amongst 406 New York Urban center arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

In 2015, Taylor began a new program, chosen Paul Taylor American Modernistic Dance,^[5] in which works of mod trip the light fantastic by choreographers other than Taylor are included in the company's annual season at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Performances and repertory [edit]

Paul Taylor Dance Company'due south annual New York seasons have been presented at Lincoln Middle's David H. Koch Theater since 2012.^[6] Prior to that, kickoff in 1977, New York Metropolis Middle hosted the visitor'southward seasons, which have typically lasted upwards to three weeks, comprising equally many as xx dances in a single season.

Taylor created numerous formal dances, often to classical music, with complex patterning and intricate formations with tempos varying with the musical sections, from andante to allegro. Examples include Esplanade,^[7] Brandenburgs, Mercuric Tidings,^[viii] Aureole, Arden Court, and Promethean Burn down.

Taylor has made many dramatic works. A few listed hither include Large Bertha,^[9] From Sea to Shining Body of water, American Genesis, The Word, Speaking in Tongues, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal), Last Look, Black Tuesday, and To Make Crops Grow.

American Modern Trip the light fantastic Masterworks [edit]

	Title	Choreographer	World Premiere	PTAMD Premiere	Visitor/Artist
1	Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor	Doris Humphrey	August five, 1938	March 14, 2015[10]	Limón Trip the light fantastic Company
2	Rite of Jump	Shen Wei	2004	March 17, 2015[11]	Shen Wei Dance Arts
3	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Donald McKayle	May 10, 1959	March 22, 2016[12]	Dayton Contemporary Trip the light fantastic toe Visitor
four	Diversion of Angels	Martha Graham	August 13, 1948	March 23, 2016[12]
5	Summerspace	Merce Cunningham	August 17, 1958	March 21, 2017[13]	Guests from Lyon Opera Ballet
six	Set and Reset	Trisha Brown	Oct 20, 1983	March fourteen, 2018[14]	Trisha Brown Dance Company
vii	Dances of Isadora (Butterfly Etude, Les Funérailles, and Rose Petals)	Isadora Duncan	1900–1924	March 18, 2018[14]	Sara Mearns

Taylor Visitor Commissions [edit]

	Title	Choreographer	Globe Premiere
one	Rush Hour	Larry Keigwin	March 16, 2016[12]
2	The Weight of Smoke	Doug Elkins	March 17, 2016[12]
3	Continuum	Lila York	February 11, 2017[fifteen]
iv	The Beauty in Gray	Bryan Arias	March eight, 2018[14]
5	Half Life	Doug Varone	March x, 2018[14]
6	all at once	Pam Tanowitz	June 7, 2019
7	Rewilding	Margie Gillis	June 23, 2019
8	Only the Lonely	Kyle Abraham	Oct xxx, 2019
9	Untitled premiere	Michelle Manzanales	June sixteen, 2020; postponed due to COVID-19[16]
x	Untitled premiere	Peter Chu	June 17, 2020; postponed due to COVID-xix[16]
11	Untitled premiere	Lauren Lovette	Nov three, 2020; postponed due to COVID-xix[17]

Lath [edit]

The company is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation managed by a board of trustees and a board of 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, treasurer Joseph A. Smith, and secretarial assistant Elise Jaffe.^[xviii]

Awards [edit]

• Kennedy Middle Honors (1992)
• MacArthur Fellowship (1985)
• Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography (1992)
• Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts (1961)
• Bessie Lifetime Accomplishment Award (2012)^[19]

Video performances [edit]

• Diamond, Matthew; Taylor, Paul; Patton, Matthew; Kinberg, Judy; WNET (Station de télévision : New York, N.Y.) (1992). Speaking in tongues (VHS). Elektra Amusement. OCLC 757655946.
• Taylor, Paul; Kinberg, Judy; Diamond, Matthew; Venza, Jac; Loquasto, Santo; Asnes, Andrew; Benz, Rachel Berman; See, Richard Chen; Cochran, Mary; Corbin, Patrick; Cortez, Hernando; Echo, Jill; Egtvedt, Kristi; Grenke, David; Heilman, Caryn; Huber, Francie; LeBeau, Andrew; Nevjinsky, Silvia; Patrick, Thomas; Viola, Lisa; Nilsson, Harry; WNET (Tv station : New York, Northward.Y.) (1996). The Wrecker's Ball: 3 Dances past Paul Taylor (VHS). Thirteen/WNET. OCLC 430372378.
• Taylor, Paul; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Busby, Gerald; WNET (Television set station : New York, N.Y.) (1998). The Paul Taylor Dance Company (VHS). Nonesuch : Distributed past WarnerVision Entertainment. OCLC 1078010330.
• Diamond, Matthew; Scheuer, Walter; Kupfer, Jerry; Taylor, Paul; Thomas, Ted; Echo, Jill; Egtvedt, Kristi; Meet, Richard Chen; Benz, Rachel Berman; Corbin, Patrick; Heilman, Caryn; Patrick, Thomas; Asnes, Andrew; Huber, Francie; Hurwitz, Tom (1999). Dancemaker (VHS). Docurama : Distributed in the U.Due south. past New Video Group. OCLC 43118504.

References [edit]

1. ^ "Taylor, Paul B., (built-in 29 July 1930), choreographer; Artistic Director, Paul Taylor Dance Company, since 1954; President, Paul Taylor Dance Foundation (Lath Chairman, 1966); Founder, Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance, 2014", Who'south Who, Oxford University Printing, 2007-12-01, doi:x.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.4000224
2. ^ Kaufman, Sarah Fifty.; Kaufman, Sarah 50. (2016-05-26). "Paul Taylor's vintage works and archetype joys". The Washington Mail. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-03-28 .
3. ^ "Carolyn Adams's Biography". The HistoryMakers.
4. ^ "Paul Taylor Dance Visitor | The Lo-Down : News from the Lower East Side". www.thelodownny.com . Retrieved 2017-03-28 .
5. ^ Kourlas, Gia (2015-03-06). "Paul Taylor, at 84, Has a New Mission With American Modern Dance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-19 .
6. ^ Seibert, Brian (2018-03-eleven). "Review: Paul Taylor Classics Outshine New Dances (His and Others’)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-26 .
7. ^ Kisselgoff, Anna (1975-06-11). "The Dance: Paul Taylor's 'Esplanade'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-26 .
8. ^ Macaulay, Alastair (2012-03-22). "Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-26 .
9. ^ "Paul Taylor’due south Canon: Flippant, Savage, Idyllic". The New York Times. 2018-09-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-26 .
10. ^ Burke, Siobhan (17 March 2015). "Review: Paul Taylor Troupe'due south Dizzying New Palette Takes Shape". The New York Times.
11. ^ MacAulay, Alastair (18 March 2015). "Review: Paul Taylor's American Modern Trip the light fantastic toe at David H. Koch Theater". The New York Times.
12. ^ ^{a b c d} https://www.ptamdinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/021216-PTAMD-2016-Season-Press-Release.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
13. ^ https://www.ptamdinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/101116-2017-PTAMD-Season-FINAL.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
14. ^ ^{a b c d} https://world wide web.ptamdinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/021418-PTAMD-2018-Season-Proclamation-FINAL.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
15. ^ "Fast-moving premiere adds some other epic dance to Paul Taylor repertoire, sharing bill with archetype parody of human beliefs". 12 February 2017.
16. ^ ^{a b} "Paul Taylor Dance Visitor | The Joyce Theater".
17. ^ https://www.ptamdinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-PTAMD-Flavor-Cancellation.pdf^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
18. ^ "Board".
19. ^ Wakin, Daniel J. "Paul Taylor to Receive Bessie Lifetime Accomplishment Award". ArtsBeat . Retrieved 2017-03-30 .

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Article at UCSB.edu
• Paul Taylor: Dancemaker at IMDb 1998
• "Paul Taylor Dance Visitor collected news and commentary". The New York Times.
• Constructing The Wrecker'due south Ball Dance Magazine, October, 1996
• Archival footage of Paul Taylor Dance Company performing Airs in 1982 at Jacob'southward Pillow
• Archival footage of Taylor's "Company B" performed at the Jacob's Pillow Trip the light fantastic toe Festival in 2000

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