CELEBRATING 60 YEARS
direzione artistica Paul Taylor
The Diamond Anniversary Tour is made possible with the valuable support of: MetLife Foundation official sponsor Paul Taylor Dance Company. The 2014 season is made possible with support from SHS Foundation and the Board of Trustees and Friends of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Additional support from the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
the company
Eran Bugge, Michelle Fleet, Parisa Khobdeh
Christina Markham, Heather McGinley, Laura Halzack
Jamie Rae Walker, Aileen Roehl
Michael Apuzzo, Francisco Graciano, Robert Kleinendorst
Sean Mahoney, Micheal Novak, James Samson
George Smallwood, Michael Trusnovec
artistic director Paul Taylor
répétiteur Bettie de Jong
principal lighting designer Jennifer Tipton
set & costume main designer Santo Loquasto
executive director John Tomlinson
company manager Holden Kellerhals
director of touring engagements Timothy Robinson
production director Steven Carlino
lighting supervisor Micheal Dostal
Clarion Overmoyer tailoring supervisor
program of friday July 11
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With his 140 creations since 1954, when the Paul Taylor Dance Company was founded, Paul Taylor is the greatest living pioneer of American modern dance. Through his creations Paul Taylor continues to to offer compelling frescoes of the complexities of everyday life and society's thorniest problems.
For 20 years a virtuoso dancer, Paul Taylor turned exclusively to choreography in 1974; the creation that followed, Esplanade, became from immediately a classic. His creations are performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Taylor 2 and from numerous companies from all over the world.
A recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor (a prestigious award given annually to outstanding members of the performing arts who have made significant contributions to American culture), he is the star of the Oscar-nominated documentary film Dancemaker, as well as the author of a successful autobiography_ Private Domain_.
The company is recognized to worldwide as excellence in modern dance. Since its founding in 1954, Paul Taylor has choreographed some 140 works many of which have become true icons and celebrated as such to internationally. The company has performed in some 64 countries and more than 524 cities. Paul Taylor continues to ceaselessly creating at least 2 choreographies a year for his company of from 16 dancers. His autobiography, Private Domain, was published in 1987, and the company was featured in the 1999 Oscar-nominated documentary film Dancemaker. In 2013 Paul Taylor published the book Facts and Fancies a collection of mostly entertaining essays. He has won major awards, including two of the nation's top arts honors: the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.