Paul Taylor Dance Company: Churchyard explores sacred and profane

John Harnage, Alex Clayton and Jake Vincent in Paul Taylor's Churchyard

Devon Louis in Paul Taylor's Tablet

Jada Pearman and Paul Taylor Dance Company in his Esplanade

Paul Taylor Dance Company in his Esplanade

By Ivy Lin, 21 June 2025

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“sometimes all the dancers gyrate furiously, as if trying to shake the devil out of them”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 18 June 2025

Tablet (Paul Taylor)

Churchyard (Paul Taylor)

Esplanade (Paul Taylor)

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Ellsworth Kelly, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jada Pearman, Dancer

Devon Louis, Dancer

Kristin Draucker, Dancer

Elizabeth Chapa, Dancer

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

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.

***11

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

Carla Escoda, 8th November

Company B and Esplanade bookended a popular mixed bill from Paul Taylor Dance Company in the first week of their ambitious fall season at New York's Lincoln Center.

****1

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.

****1

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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)