The crowd-pleasers: Paul Taylor Dance on fire in New York

Lee Duveneck and Paul Taylor Dance Company in Company B

Payton Primer and Paul Taylor Dance Company in Company B

Lisa Borres Casey in Paul Taylor's Esplanade

Gabrielle Barnes and Alex Clayton in Paul Taylor's Esplanade

Devon Louis in Robert Battle's Takademe

Madelyn Ho, Payton Primer, Lisa Borres Casey, Kristin Draucker in Troilus and Cressida (reduced)

Von Carla Escoda, 11 November 2025

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“supremely touching were the tender rocking and cradling lifts, the devotion in the dancers’ eyes”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, am 8 November 2025

Troilus and Cressida (reduced) (Paul Taylor)

Takademe (Robert Battle)

Company B (Paul Taylor)

Esplanade (Paul Taylor)

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Santo Loquasto, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Jennifer Tipton, Licht

Lisa Borres, Tanz

John Harnage, Tanz

Devon Louis, Tanz

Elizabeth Chapa, Tanz

Jessica Ferretti, Tanz

Jada Pearman, Tanz

Emmy Wildermuth, Tanz

Austin Kelly, Tanz

Lee Duverneck, Tanz

Kristin Draucker, Tanz

Alex Clayton, Tanz

Madelyn Ho, Tanz

Paul Taylor Dance Company in London: musicality reigns supreme

Deborah Weiss, 28th January

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

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Paul Taylor Dance Company: exhilarating in new and legacy works

Daniel Pratt, 27th January

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

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The newest: gala night at Paul Taylor Dance in New York

Carla Escoda, 11th November

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.

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The extremes: Paul Taylor Dance at the Koch

Carla Escoda, 9th November

From disturbing to daffy: a searing indictment and a gentle parody, both from Paul Taylor, at Lincoln Center in New York, as his company continues to pack houses in its fall season.

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Paul Taylor Dance Company: Churchyard explores sacred and profane

Ivy Lin, 18th June

An interesting triple bill with some rarely seen Paul Taylor works carefully reconstructed. Esplanade still sends the audience home filled with joy.

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Pretty and beastly: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 17th June

An intriguing reconstruction of an early work by Paul Taylor created on Pina Bausch and Dan Wagoner and a classic of barbed satire made a powerful triple bill by PTDC.

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.