BRANDENBURGS

Music Johann Sebastian Bach

Coreography Paul Taylor

Costumes Santo Loquasto

Lights Jennifer Tipton

(first representation 1988)

“Bellezza è l'unica parola per i  Brandeburghesi...[che] celebra le cose belle della vita. Un flusso d'invenzione così radioso e senza soluzione di continuità che la coreografia sembra un modo del tutto naturale di muoversi su questa musica”.Mary Clarke, The Manchester [UK] Guardian

John Harnage

Madelyn Ho        Lee Duveneck        Alex Clayton        Devon Louis

Jessica Ferretti          Austin Kelly         Kenny  Corrigan        Gabrielle Barnes

Original production made possible in part by contributions from the National Endowment for the Arts,
The Wallace Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
 and The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc.

Preservation made possible by Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown

and contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project

with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Intervallo

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PIAZZOLLA CALDERA

Music Astor Piazzolla e Jerzy Peterburshsky

Coreography  Paul Taylor

Scenes and costumes  Santo Loquasto

Lights Jennifer Tipton

(first representation 1997)

“...The imperfect confusion of human beings... worn down as if by the work of hands, soaked in sweat and smoke, scented with lilies and urine, splashed by the labor of what we do, legally or illegally... impure like old clothes, like a body, with its food stains and shames, with wrinkles, observations, dreams, sleepless nights, prophecies, declarations of love and hatred, foolishness, shocks, idylls, political convictions, denials, doubts, affirmations...”
— Pablo Neruda

Piazzolla Caldera transforms tango into theatrical form, exploring the solitude of the woman whom no one invites to dance, the dynamics of the male couple, the shifting configurations of a trio, and the virility of the macho gesture.

Kristin Draucker        Lee Duveneck      Alex Clayton        John Harnage      

Jada Pearman        Jessica Ferretti        Austin Kelly        Kenny Corrigan

Emmy Wildermuth        Payton Primer        Caleb Mansor        Patrick Gamble

El Sol Sueño full cast

Concierto Para Quinteto   Payton Primer,  Jessica Ferretti,  Kenny  Corrigan

Celos  Alex Clayton & John Harnage, Jada Pearman& Lee Duveneck

Escualo   tutti

Commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the National Endowment for the Arts,

Altria Group, Inc. and Brenda and Keith Brodie.
Original production also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency,

 The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, and Carole K. Newman.
Music performed by Gidon Kremer from the recording “Hommage à Piazzolla”

on Nonesuch Records.  Special thanks to Robert Hurwitz.

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ESPLANADE

Musicc Johann Sebastian Bach

Violino Concerto in Mi Maggiore, Concerto per due  violini  in Re minore (Largo & Allegro )

Coreography Paul Taylor

Costumes John Rawlings

Lights  Jennifer Tipton

(first representation 1975)

The title Esplanade evokes the idea of a promenade or leisurely walk.
Paul Taylor was inspired by the sight of a young woman hurrying to catch a bus and transformed that everyday image into a choreographic masterpiece.
Just as visual artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg incorporated “ordinary found objects” — like a Coca-Cola bottle or the American flag — into their art, Taylor brought “ordinary movements of daily life” into dance.
Walking, running, falling, sliding, and standing become part of the choreographic vocabulary and the very essence of the style.
In doing so, Taylor created a true classic of American dance, giving rhythmic dimension and poetic resonance to the gestures of everyday life.

— Arlene Croce, The New Yorker

Madelyn Ho        Kristin Draucker        Lee Duveneck      

Devon Louis          Jada Pearman       Austin Kelly

       Gabrielle Barnes        Emmy Wildermuth         Elizabeth Chapa

Original production made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Revival made possible by a contribution from Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown.
Preservation made possible by contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project

with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Prospect Hill Foundation,

and Charles F. and Theresa M. Stone.