Ruth Leon recommends…The Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
Ruth Leon recommendsThe Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paris
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These two ballets from the celebrated choreographer Paul Taylor, who died in 2018, aren’t new but I hadn’t seen them for many years and this excellent recent production made in Paris has only confirmed them for me as masterworks.
Brandenburgs, set to Bach, of course, was first performed in 1988, and Beloved Renegade, made in 2008, is set to the music of Francis Poulenc.
Paul Taylor was an American dancer and choreographer, one of the last members of the third generation of America’s modern dance artists. He founded the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954 in New York City and it has always been one of my favourite companies. Under Michael Novak, it continues beyond Taylor with careful, stylish recreations of his work. Here are two of them.
Taylor was one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century. It s a pity than not more of of 100+ ballets were recorded for home video. He was an American Genius, and too few companies perform his works.
Amen