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

Devon Louis, Lee Duveneck, Alex Clayton and Austin Kelly in Paul Taylor's Cloven Kingdom

Paul Taylor Dance Company in his Cloven Kingdom

Kristin Draucker and Devon Louis in Paul Taylor's Tablet

John Harnage, Alex Clayton and Eran Bugge in Paul Taylor's Polaris

Lisa Borres Casey in Paul Taylor's Polaris

By Carla Escoda, 20 June 2025

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“49 years after its premiere, its stiletto wit remains acute, its imagery dazzling”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 17 June 2025

Tablet (Paul Taylor)

Noah's Minstrels (Paul Taylor)

Cloven Kingdom (Paul Taylor)

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Ellsworth Kelly, Set Designer

Kristin Draucker, Dancer

Devon Louis, Dancer

John Harnage, Dancer

Payton Primer, Dancer

Gabrielle Barnes, Dancer

Jessica Ferretti, 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

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.

****1

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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.