Performer: Paul Taylor Dance Company

Paul Taylor Dance Company's second programme at the Linbury is an invigorating, uplifting, refreshing mix of easily digestible, pure dance.

A welcome return to London by Paul Taylor Dance Company after more than two decades, this triple bill was worth the wait.

A letdown and a triumph at the Paul Taylor Dance gala this week, featuring new works by Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, both resident choreographers, she in her 4th year, he in his 2nd. 

Different music, different moods, different choreographers, but both quintessentially American. We compare and contrast two dance works which bring out the American dream of community, happiness and freedom.