The Paul Taylor Dance now in its 48th years, has performed Paul Taylor's works in over 60 counties and more than 450 cities. It has represented the United State at arts festivals in more than 40 counties and has toured extensively.
In June 1999 the Company launched a two year Cultural Capitals of the World Tours, which took it to Santiago, Cologne, Auckland , Macau,Jakarta, Paris , Frankfurt,Kingston, Santo Domingo ,Stockholm, Bergen ,Lyon, London, Rome , Montreal, Beijing and Shanghai ,among other cities.
In the summer of 2001 the company toured China and performed in six cities. In early 2003 it did a four-week, six-city tour of the United Kingdom.
Whether investing everyday movement with breathtaking beauty or unforgettable archetypes like " a desperate woman hungering for love at a dive in Buenos Aires... a fundamentalist preacher with a chequered past... and an ageing eccentric dancer performing a grotesque dance' , Paul Taylor has riveted audiences for 48 years.
Even today in his seventies , he's as prolific as ever. Time has hailed him as " the reigning master of modern dance" while Newsweek cals him " the world's greatest living choreographer" . Paul has set dance to Ragtime and reggae. tango and Tin Pan Alley; he has turned elevator music and novelty tunes into high art; and enjoys particularly choreographing to Johann Sebastian Bach.
President Clinton awarded Paul Taylor the National Medal of Arts in 1993. In 1993, he received an Emmy Award for Speaking in Tongues, produced by WNET/ New York the previous year. He was a recipient of the 1992 Kennedy Center Honours " for enhancing the lives of people around the world and enriching the culture of our nation," In 1995 he received the Arts. In1995 he was named one of 50 prominent
Americans honoured in recognition of their out standing achievement by the Library of Congress's Office of Scholarly Programs.
Taylor formed Taylor 2 in 1993, a company of six dancers who bring many of the choreographer's masterworks to smaller venues around the world. Taylor 2 also teachers the Taylor style in schools and workplaces and at community gatherings.
Paul Taylor was elected to knighthood by the French government as Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1969 and has since been elevated to the ranks of Officier ( 1984) and Commandeur ( 1990). In January 2000. He was awarded France's highest honour , the legion d'Honneur, for exceptional contributions to French culture. Other awards include the New York State Governor's Arts Award and the New York City Mayor's Award of Honour for Art and Culture.
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