Paul Taylor Dance Company program

Tuesday

SEP 29

7:30 pm

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Vibrant, relevant and powerful modern dance

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SEP 29 | Paul Taylor Dance Company

MICHAEL TRUSNOVEC

ROBERT KLEINENDORST

MICHELLE FLEET

PARISA KHOBDEH

SEAN MAHONEY

ERAN BUGGE FRANCISCO GRACIANO JAMIE RAE WALKER

LAURA HALZACK

MICHAEL APUZZO

HEATHER MCGINLEY

JAMES SAMSON

MICHAEL NOVAK

GEORGE SMALLWOOD

CHRISTINA LYNCH MARKHAM

MADELYN HO

Artistic Director PAUL TAYLOR Rehearsal Director BETTIE DE JONG

Principal Lighting Designers

Principal Set & Costume Designer

JENNIFER TIPTON

SANTO LOQUASTO

JAMES F. INGALLS Executive Director JOHN TOMLINSON

Major funding provided by The SHS Foundation.

Support also provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Additional support provided by The Shubert Foundation.

National tour supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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EQUINOX Music by Johannes Brahms Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by William Ivey Long Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 1983) Laura Halzack Robert Kleinendorst Parisa Khobdeh Michael Apuzzo Michelle Fleet Sean Mahoney Eran Bugge James Samson Original production made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

Intermission: 15 Minutes

BELOVED RENEGADE

“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Music by Francis Poulenc: Gloria Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by Santo Loquasto Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 2008) Michael Trusnovec Robert Kleinendorst James Samson Michelle Fleet Laura Halzack Parisa Khobdeh Sean Mahoney Eran Bugge Francisco Graciano Jamie Rae Walker Michael Apuzzo Michael Novak Heather McGinley Christina Lynch Markham Madelyn Ho

1. “I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul” — Mr. Trusnovec and cast 2. “I sing the body electric” — Ms. Khobdeh and Mr. Kleinendorst 3. “I bend to the dying lad, his eyes open, a half-smile gives he me” — Mr. Trusnovec, Ms. Halzack, Ms. Lynch Markham, Mr. Apuzzo, Ms. Roehl and cast 4. “Come children, come my boys and girls” — Mr. Kleinendorst, Ms. Fleet, Mr. Graciano, Ms. Walker, Ms. Roehl 5. “…for love – sweet love – but praise! and for the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death” — Ms. Halzack, Mr. Trusnovec, Ms. Lynch Markham and cast 6. “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, if you want me again look for me under your boot-soles” — full cast Commissioned in memory of James Harper Marshall by his wife Donna and daughter Lee. Creation and preservation made possible with contributions from the National Endowment for the Arts; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

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Intermission: 15 Minutes PIAZZOLLA CALDERA “…The flawed confusion of human beings…worn away as by the labor of hands, impregnated with sweat and smoke, smelling of lilies and of urine, splashed by the labor of what we do, legally or illegally…as impure as old clothes, as a body, with its foodstains and its shame, with wrinkles, observations, dreams, wakefulness, prophecies, declarations of love and hate, stupidities, shocks, idylls, political beliefs, negations, doubts, affirmations…” — Pablo Neruda Music by Astor Piazzolla and Jerzy Peterburshsky Choreography by Paul Taylor Set and Costumes by Santo Loquasto Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 1997) Michael Trusnovec Robert Kleinendorst James Samson Michelle Fleet Parisa Khobdeh Eran Bugge Francisco Graciano Jamie Rae Walker Michael Apuzzo Michael Novak Heather McGinley George Smallwood El Sol Sueño — full cast Concierto Para Quinteto — Ms. Khobdeh, Ms. Bugge, Mr. Kleinendorst Celos — Mr. Graciano and Mr. Apuzzo, Ms. Fleet and Mr. Trusnovec Escualo — full cast Commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the National Endowment for the Arts,Altria Group, Inc. and Brenda and Keith Brodie.

Original production also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, and Carole K. Newman.

Revival supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Preservation made possible by generous contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Music performed by Gidon Kremer from the recording “Hommage à Piazzolla” on Nonesuch Records. Special thanks to Robert Hurwitz.

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PAUL TAYLOR Paul Taylor, one of the most accomplished artists this nation has produced, continues to shape America’s homegrown art of modern dance as he has since becoming a professional dancer and pioneering choreographer in 1954. He uniquely bridges the legendary founders of modern dance – Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey and Martha Graham – and the dance makers of the 21st Century. Through his new initiative at Lincoln Center – Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance – he is presenting great modern works of the past and outstanding works by today’s leading choreographers alongside his own vast and growing repertoire. And he is commissioning the next generation of dance makers to work with his renowned Company, thereby helping to ensure the future of the art form.

Paul Taylor was born on July 29, 1930 and grew up in and around Washington, DC. In 1954 he assembled a small company of dancers and began to choreograph. He has since made 142 dances. Recurring themes include life and death; the natural world and man’s place within it; love and sexuality in all gender combinations; and iconic moments in American history. His poignant looks at soldiers and those they leave behind prompted the New York Times to hail him as “among the great war poets.”

Mr. Taylor has received nearly every important honor given to artists in the United States. In 1992 he was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors and received an Emmy Award for Speaking in Tongues. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton in 1993. He is the recipient of three Guggenheim Fellowships and honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from seven colleges and universities. Awards for lifetime achievement include a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship – often called the “genius award” – and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award. Having been elected to knighthood by the French government as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1969 and elevated to Officier in 1984 and Commandeur in 1990, Mr. Taylor was awarded France’s highest honor, the Légion d’Honneur, in 2000 for exceptional contributions to French culture.

Mr. Taylor’s dances are performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the six-member Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company (begun in 1993), and companies throughout the world.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

C.F. Stone III, Chairman Elise Jaffe, Vice Chairman Scott King, Vice Chairman Max Shulman, Vice Chairman Stephen Weinroth, Vice Chairman Joseph A. Smith, Treasurer Joan C. Bowman, Secretary John Tomlinson, Executive Director Robert E. Aberlin Carolyn Adams Lisa Brothers Arbisser, M.D. Norma Ketay Asnes Norton Belknap, Trustee Emeritus Sally Brayley Bliss Carole Brzozowski Nancy H. Coles, M.D. Christine Ramsay Covey Deirdre K. Dunn *deceased

Paul Taylor, President

Cecile Engel Richard E. Feldman Esq. Darcy Gilpin John D. Golenski Marjorie S. Isaac, Trustee Emerita Randolph Kantorowicz Roger Kluge Wilfred Koplowitz, Trustee Emeritus Dianne La Basse Lee Manning-Vogelstein Douglas L. Peterson Ariane Reinhart Yvonne Rieber Hal Rubenstein LeRoy Rubin* Dr. Robert A. Scott William A. Shutzer Andy Wilcox

STAFF

Artistic Director .......................................................................................................... Paul Taylor Rehearsal Director ...................................................................................................... Bettie de Jong Taylor 2 Rehearsal Director ........................................................................................ Ruth Andrien Taylor School Director ............................................................................................... Raegan Wood Assistant to the Artistic Director ................................................................................ Andy LeBeau Assistant to the Rehearsal Director ..................................................................... Michael Trusnovec Principal Lighting Designer ...................................................................................... Jennifer Tipton Principal Lighting Designer..................................................................................... James F. Ingalls Principal Set & Costume Designer ........................................................................... Santo Loquasto Executive Director ................................................................................................... John Tomlinson Director of Development .......................................................................................... Daniel Vincent Director of Marketing and Communications .................................................................Alan Olshan Director of Finance .................................................................................................. Sarah Schindler Company Manager .................................................................................................... Michael Dostal Director of Public Relations ........................................................................................ Lisa Labrado Director of Tour Engagements.................................................................................... Tim Robinson Administrator and Archival Supervisor ......................................................................... Tom Patrick Development Officer .................................................................................................... Jenna Jacobs Assistant to the Executive Director.............................................................................. Noah Aberlin Administrative Assistant................................................................................... Christopher Senquiz Production Manager ................................................................................................. Jacqueline Reid Production Manager, Taylor 2 .................................................................................... Bridget Welty Lighting Supervisor .................................................................................................... Robert Brown Wardrobe Supervisor ..........................................................................................Clarion Overmoyer Strategic Operations ...................................................................................................... Bruce Fagin Information Technology Consultant .....................................................Andy LeBeau, PC Umbrella International Tour Booking ........................................................... Jane Hermann, JPH Consultants Taylor 2 Tour Booking ................................................... Jeannette Gardner, Gardner Arts Network Archival Consultant ................................................................ Linda Edgerly, The Winthrop Group Auditor.............................................................................................. Michael Wallace, Lutz & Carr Orthopedic Consultant ....................................................................................David S. Weiss, M.D. Travel Agent ............................................................................................... Michael Retsina, Altour