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Paul Taylor Dance Company is a modern dancecompany, formed by dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor (—).

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The modern dance company is based in New York, New York and was founded in

Taylor originally performed in the companies of Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and George Balanchine, and founded his own in Dancers and choreographers who have 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 , and took over as artistic director in September after Taylor died.^[1]

History

The Paul Taylor Dance Company was founded in One of the early touring companies of American modern dance, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has performed in more than cities in 64 countries.

In most years, about half of each performance season is spent touring in the United States.^[2] They first performed in Europe in and since have toured in Central and South America, throughout North America, in India, China, Korea, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Africa, the Middle East, the Baltics, and Russia.

Twyla Tharp joined Paul Taylor Dance Company in and two years later formed her own company.

Carolyn Adams joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company in During Adams's seventeen-year career with the company, she starred in several major productions including Orbs in , 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 de Jong joined the Taylor Company in Noted for her strong stage presence and long line, she was Paul Taylor's favorite dancing partner and, as current Rehearsal Director, was his right hand for the past half-century.

She finished her active dancing career in but remains the company's Rehearsal Director to this day.

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

Mr. Taylor established Taylor 2 Dance Company in 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 , it was among New York City 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 , Taylor began a new program, called Paul Taylor American Modern Dance,^[5] in which works of modern dance by choreographers other than Taylor are included in the company's annual season at the Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Performances and repertory

Paul Taylor Dance Company's annual New York seasons have been presented at Lincoln Center's David H.

Koch Theater since ^[6] Prior to that, beginning in , New York City Center hosted the company's seasons, which have typically lasted up to three weeks, comprising as many as 20 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,^[8]Aureole, Arden Court, and Promethean Fire.

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Taylor has made many dramatic works. A few listed here include Big Bertha,^[9]From Sea 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 C Minor	Doris Humphrey	August 5,	March 14, [10]	Limón Dance Company
2	Rite of Spring	Shen Wei		March 17, [11]	Shen Wei Dance Arts
3	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Donald McKayle	May 10,	March 22, [12]	Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
4	Diversion of Angels	Martha Graham	August 13,	March 23, [12]
5	Summerspace	Merce Cunningham	August 17,	March 21, [13]	Guests from Lyon Opera Ballet
6	Set and Reset	Trisha Brown	October 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 Table	Kurt Jooss	July 3,	April 6, [15]

Commissions

Title	Choreographer	World Premiere
1	Rush Hour	Larry Keigwin	March 16, [12]
2	The Weight of Smoke	Doug Elkins	March 17, [12]
3	Continuum	Lila York	February 11, [16]
4	The Beauty in Gray	Bryan Arias	March 8, [14]
5	Half Life	Doug Varone	March 10, [14]
6	all at once	Pam Tanowitz	June 7,
7	Rewilding	Margie Gillis	June 23,
8	Only the Lonely	Kyle Abraham	October 30,
9	A Call for Softer Landings	Peter Chu	February 12,
10	Hope Is the Thing With Feathers	Michelle Manzanales	June 14,
11	Solitaire	Lauren Lovette	November 2,
12	Somewhere in the Middle[17]	Amy Hall Garner	November 3,

Board

The company is a charitable, not-for-profit organization 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 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; 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 (Television station&#;: New York, N.Y.) ().

  The Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor (VHS). Thirteen/WNET. OCLC&#;

• Taylor, Paul; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Busby, Gerald; WNET (Television station&#;: New York, N.Y.) (). The Paul Taylor Dance Company (VHS). Nonesuch&#;: Distributed by WarnerVision Entertainment.

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• 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&#;: Distributed in the U.S.

  by New Video Group. OCLC&#;

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