PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY BIO:
The Paul Taylor Dance Company, now in its 55th year, is one of the world's most exquisite ensembles.
Dancemaker Paul Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers and himself in Manhattan on May 30, 1954. That modest performance marked the beginning of a half-century of unrivaled creativity. In the decades to come, Mr. Taylor would become a cultural icon, a living legend and one of history's most celebrated artists. Once deemed experimental and avant-garde, Taylor’s choreography soon became regarded as the gold standard of modern dance. He bridged, as no other choreographer, the once-distant camps of ballet and modern dance by allowing internationally acclaimed ballet companies to perform the works he creates on his own dancers. His two dance companies have traveled the globe many times over, bringing his ever-burgeoning repertoire to theaters and venues of every size and description in cultural capitals, on college campuses, in rural communities, and often for audiences who have never seen modern dance. He has been showered with every prestigious award the United States and France can bestow upon an artist. And, perhaps most remarkable of all, his creative powers have shown no sign of abating, even after 127 dances.
Paul Taylor Dance Company has performed Mr. Taylor's works in more than 520 cities in sixty-two countries. It has represented the United States at arts festivals in more than forty countries and has toured extensively under the aegis of the U.S. Department of State. In 1997, the Company toured throughout India in celebration of that nation's 50th Anniversary. The Company’s 1999 engagement in Chile was named the Best International Dance Event of 1999 by the country's Art Critics' Circle. In the summer of 2001, the Company toured in The People's Republic of China and performed in six cities, four of which had never seen American modern dance before. In the spring of 2003, the Company mounted an award-winning four-week, seven-city tour of the United Kingdom. The Company’s performances in China in November 2007 marked their fourth tour there.
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