Paul Taylor's Legacy Dances On

The groundbreaking Paul Taylor Dance Company bade a fond farewell to its founder and namesake in 2018, after his passing at age 88. For over six decades, Taylor bought a capacity for joy, poetic imagination and a sense of lyrical ,musicality to the genre, channelling this energy into one of the world's most celebrated ensembles. His spirit and legacy lives on during the return of the annual Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Season at the David H. Koch Theatre this fall. 

Curated by the company's new artistic director Michael Novak, the tribute season includes 19 of Taylor's acclaimed masterworks, newly commissioned works by guest resident choreographers Margie Gillis and Pam Tanowitz and a world premiere piece by a Kyle Abraham, a rising choreographer commissioned by Taylor himself.

Program:

Monday, November 11, 2019 | 6:30PM
ICONS: Taylor/Katz - Sunset, Scudorama, Private Domain, Diggity

Monday, November 11, 2019 | 8:30PM
ICONS: Taylor/Katz - Sunset, Scudorama, Private Domain, Diggity

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | 7:00PM
Donald McKayle Memorial Performance - Rainbow Round My Shoulder (1959), Crossing the Rubicon (2017),Songs of the Disinherited (1972)

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | 7:00PM
Brief Encounters, Rewilding (Gillis), Piazzolla Caldera

Thursday, November 14, 2019 | 7:00PM
Dust, Post Meridian, Esplanade

Friday, November 15, 2019 | 8:00PM
Airs, all at once (Tanowitz), Company B

Saturday, November 16, 2019 | 2:00PM
Cloven Kingdom, Post Meridian, Syzygy

Saturday, November 16, 2019 | 8:00PM
TaylorNEXT Night: Dust, Private Domain, Piazzolla Caldera

Sunday, November 17, 2019 | 2:00PM
Diggity, all at once (Tanowitz), Esplanade