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The Arts Intel Report

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Michael Trusnovec, Aileen Roehl, and Michael Apuzzo in Paul Taylor’s Sunset.

Nov 1–13, 2022
20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA

Since the death of Paul Taylor, in 2018, the company he founded has been keeping the repertory fresh and present-tense while honoring great American dances of the past. This season is no exception. Larry Keigwin’s rousing Rush Hour (2016) comes back into rep, and young choreographers Amy Hill Garner and Lauren Lovette will each premiere a new work with the company. On November 9, a one-time program of four dances spotlights the collaboration between Taylor and the artist Alex Katz—who currently has a retrospective up at the Guggenheim. A series called “Moving Music” offers three different programs, each with a middle section that’s just music. And the company welcomes into repertory The Green Table, an eloquent, unflinching indictment of war and its horrors. Choreographed in 1932 by Kurt Jooss, the masterpiece brings classical technique, mime, and symbolism to an expressionist crescendo. If you’ve never seen The Green Table, now’s the time. Also in repertory are Taylor’s own war-torn masterpieces—Sunset and Company B—both heartbreakers. Head to the company Web site for programming details. —Laura Jacobs

Photo: Paul B. Goode