Promethean Fire and an homage to Carolyn Adams ignite Paul Taylor

Madelyn Ho and Devon Louis in Paul Taylor's Promethean Fire

Jada Pearman in Robert Battle's Dedicated to You

Madelyn Ho, Ranaan Meyer and John Harnage in Lauren Lovette's Chaconne in Winter

By Carla Escoda, 08 November 2024

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“the intensity in the eyes of the 16 dancers practically set the house on fire”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City on 6 November 2024

Chaconne in Winter (world premiere) (Lauren Lovette)

Dedicated to You (world premiere) (Robert Battle)

Promethean Fire (Paul Taylor)

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Tara Simoncic, Conductor

David LaMarche, Director

Orchestra of St Luke's

Time for Three

Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends: bubbling over with passion

Amanda Jennings, 12th March

Last seen in London in 2023, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends made a hugely welcome return with the same programme, differently ordered.

****1

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

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

Kyle Abraham's When We Fell: a pandemic premiere at NYCB

Ivy Lin, 8th April

After the success of The Runaway, it wasn’t surprising that Kyle Abraham was tapped to create a new work for NYCB’s 2021 Digital Season.

***11

Ratmansky world premiere engages with the Voices

Carla Escoda, 30th January

Alexei Ratmansky draws out exceptional individual qualities of each of five ballerinas in his intriguing world premiere for New York City Ballet, set to spoken word and live piano.

NYCB winter season opens with Stravinsky and Balanchine

Carla Escoda, 21st January

From the frivolous to the profound, New York City Ballet celebrates the galvanizing partnership of George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.

****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.

Promethean Fire and an homage to Carolyn Adams ignite the Paul Taylor Dance gala