Paul Taylor Dance Company

Program: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal), Brandenburgs, and Somewhere in the Middle (Amy Hall)

Running time: 110 minutes including two intermissions

In addition to the repertory pieces Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) and Brandenburgs, the Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to ADF this season with a new piece, Somewhere in the Middle, by Amy Hall Garner which premiered in 2022. Somewhere in the Middle is an adrenaline-fueled dance highlighting the athleticism and beauty of the Taylor Company, all to music of Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, and other Big Band favorites. Garner marries the Taylor movement DNA to the inherent qualities of the jazz idiom with dizzying effect, reflecting the power, interdisciplinary collaboration, and inherent multi-culturalism in American dance. The 1980 work Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal) shows a dance rehearsal and a Hollywood noir whodunit which ultimately merge in a clever reimagining of the Stravinsky/Nijinsky masterpiece. Brandenburgs (1988) is elegant and virtuosic. It is choreographic grandeur at its finest married flawlessly within the joyous atmosphere of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.

“One of the most exciting, innovative, and delightful dance companies in the entire world.” The New York Times

“Go see them. This mélange is, for the most part, modern dance at its best; even jaded audiences may find their faith in the medium renewed.” Village Voice

Friday, July 14 at 7:30pm *post performance discussion

Saturday, July 15 at 5:00pm

Photo Credit: Whitney Browne