The Paul Taylor company danced a flawless, thought provoking, and powerful show Sunday afternoon at New York’s City Center. The company was able to nail three different pieces of contrasting themes and styles like no other. This show was so fantastic that I could hardly keep from stopping myself from commenting out loud after each and every piece. I was like, “YES, Dance Ya’ll . . . This is modern dance for real!” I loved it. The formations, the pa... Read More
There is no doubt how world-famous the Paul Taylor Dance Company is; thus, I was very much looking forward to seeing them in person. As the performance began, I noticed right away that the audience was full of the company’s returning fans, a mostly older audience, that could relate to various memories of seeing Paul Taylor's company throughout the years as well as understand what each work says about the times they were created in.
...Byzantium
"Of what's past... Read More
Mercuric Tidings, Scudorama, and Esplanade were the three pieces that were performed Friday Night at City Center.
The End.
Okay, just kidding, but my mother did teach me that if I didn't have anything nice to say, then no need to say anything at all; but as a reviewer, that would be rather difficult, and I would probably get fired for not turning in my review. So here it goes . . . .
The opening piece, Mercuric Tidings... Read More
Paul Taylor worked his magic with two excerpts from his works on ‘dreams’, De Sueños y De Sueños que se Repiten (2007), and the more well known Funny Papers (1994). Taylor a former Graham principal established himself as a virtuoso performer in the 50s before patterning two companies after his stylized technique. Taylor is a master storyteller and king of theatrical comedy. His work runs the gamut from the extremely humorous Funny Papers (1994) to the dark and moody work on dreams... Read More
