The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for its annual Fall Season, with music performed live by Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The repertoire will feature ten Paul Taylor classics, world premieres by Resident Choreographer Lauren Lovette, Robert Battle and Jody Sperling and works by acclaimed works by Ulysses Dove and Larry Keigwin.
The season will continue Artistic Director Michael Novak’s dedication to sharing the breadth of modern dance history with New York audiences. The women of the Taylor Company will reprise Ulysses Dove’s masterwork Vespers, choreographed in 1988 on Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and set to the music of Mikel Rouse. The Season will also feature a special tribute to Loïe Fuller, the modern dance icon and theater technologist who revolutionized dance and theater at the dawn of the 20th Century. Leading Fuller specialist Jody Sperling will present two solos in her honor: Clair de lune, which premiered in 2005 and is set to an excerpt from Debussy’s Debussy Soirée, and Vive La Loïe!, a world premiere that expands upon dance material originally choreographed by Jody Sperling for the motion picture La Danseuse, the 2016 biographical historical drama about Fuller, directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto.
In addition to the return of Resident Choreographer Lauren Lovette’s critically acclaimed Echo (2023) with designs by Zac Posen, the season will feature two world premieres by her, each with designs by Mark Eric, Brandon Stirling Baker and Libby Stadstad. Chaconne in Winter is set to music by the Grammy Award-winning Time for Three, the wildly popular trio who will perform live on stage. Recess is set to Belize-born composer Errollyn Wallen’s Concerto Grosso. Larry Keigwin’s 2016 Taylor-Commissioned audience favorite, Rush Hour, will return to the stage. Renowned choreographer Robert Battle will create a new work in tribute to legendary Taylor alumna and Taylor School Director of Education Carolyn Adams as part of the annual gala, which, this year, will honor Adams for her lifetime of dedication to modern dance as a brilliant performer, visionary educator and artistic leader.
The season will kick off a 50th anniversary celebration of Esplanade, which Paul Taylor began choreographing in the Fall of 1974 after retiring from performing after a legendary 20-year stage career.
