Paul Taylor's Taylor 2 Dance Company at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater (New York, NY)

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The six-member Taylor 2 dance company will celebrate its 15th anniversary at The Joyce Theater as part of the 1.2.3. Festival. This full-length program consists of four Taylor dances: the captivating "Runes," the romantic duet from "Roses," the sculpturally precise "Profiles" and the ebullient "Arden Court."

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The repertoire:

Runes
Music by Gerald Busby
“A major creation… The enormous pathos that arises in the final moments of [this striking heroic poem], when all the elements of the piece are combined and restated and still the momentum leaps ahead--this pathos comes from the unstoppable energy of what Taylor has set in motion.” --The New Yorker

Roses (Duet)
Music by Heinrich Baermann
“Beautiful in its visual effects, poetic in its natural flow of movement.  The piece is an ode to tenderness and blooms like a flower.” --New York Times

Profiles
Music by Jan Radzynski
“The dancers are often in profile (with a nod to Nijinsky’s Afternoon of a Faun). The most sculptural of Taylor’s dances… with its intensity and charge, this is a key Taylor work.” --New York Observer

Arden Court
Music by William Boyce
“Brilliant… a continuum of non-stop movement with the force of a rocket send-off… how the dancers execute such difficult steps at such speed is a must-see.” --New York Times

Paul Taylor established Taylor 2 in 1993 to ensure that his works could be seen by audiences all over the world without regard to economic or logistical limitations. He worked with longtime colleague Linda Hodes to create a company the same size as his original 1954 ensemble that could accommodate performance requests as well as teach classes in Taylor style and repertoire and provide community outreach. Former Taylor dancer Tom Patrick was named rehearsal director of Taylor 2 in 2004. The company's six dancers are Alison Cook, Jamie Rae Walker, Latra Wilson, Justin Kahan, John Eirich and Nic Ceynowa.

On May 6 (Humanities Night), the program will be followed by a discussion with the dancers.

Photo credit: Tom Caravaglia

Event highlights

  • “Wonderfully intimate. Watching only six dancers perform Taylor works clearly reveals both structure and movement for an eye-opening appreciation of the master’s approach… It’s like hearing Mozart played on original instruments, or birds in the woods without traffic noise.... These dancers are every bit as skilled and delightful as the senior company.” –The Berkshire Eagle

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