Paul Taylor Dance Company: diverse new rep alongside Taylor classics

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Larry Keigwin's Drum Circle

Madelyn Ho and John Harnage in Paul Taylor's Mercuric Tidings

Paul Taylor Dance Company in his Mercuric Tidings

Lisa Borres with Paul Taylor Dance Company in Esplanade

Jada Pearman in Paul Taylor's Esplanade

By Carla Escoda, 06 November 2023

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“shot-out-of-a-cannon leaps, turning jumps with torsos crunched, slow-mo stag leaps and somersaults”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 3 November 2023

Mixed Programme (Paul Taylor)

Drum Circle (Larry Keigwin)

Mercuric Tidings (Paul Taylor)

Esplanade (Paul Taylor)

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Michael Novak, Director

John Harnage, Dancer

Madelyn Ho, Dancer

Christina Lynch Markham, Dancer

Devon Louis, Dancer

Jada Pearman, Dancer

Lisa Borres, Dancer

Jake Vincent, 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.