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World Premiere/Hop Co-Commission

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY

Tuesday, April 7,
Wednesday, April 8 &
Thursday, April 9 • 7 pm
The Moore Theater
$50 • Dartmouth students $5
18 & under $14

When iconic choreographer Paul Taylor first discovered dance and joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in the '50s, he abandoned everything else to pursue a passion and a vision of dance that would make him a legend. His robust and bold, gloriously fluid and athletic works reflect a soaring creativity and intellect—mining the remarkable range of our human condition and touching the soul. “The reigning master of modern dance” (Time Magazine) and subject of the Oscar-nominated film Dancemaker, Paul Taylor has been honored with a multitude of awards, including America's National Medal of the Arts, for his 120 dance pieces performed in over 60 countries. Now in his 70s, he's forging choreography whose potency and immediacy speak to the new millennium, including a new work being premiered at the Hop. His preeminent company also performs two Taylor classics: the upbeat and balletic Images, set to Debussy's romantic Images Book I, Children's Corner Suite and Pour le Piano; and Esplanade, the exhilarating 1975 piece with Bach violin concertos that's been hailed by The Village Voice as “ravishing…enigmatic…heart-stoppingly daring.”

This performance is made possible by the Marion and Frederick '53 Whittemore Distinguished Artist Series Fund and is funded in part by the Expeditions Program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, which receives major support from the National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from the state arts agencies of New England.

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