posted October 29, 2000 04:05            

In London the Paul Taylor Company are visiting for the first time in a long while and for many including myself it will be the first chance to see this legendary Company.

posted October 30, 2000 07:01            

Trina, here are some details of the Paul Taylor season from the Sadler's Wells website:

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Paul Taylor, one of the 20th Century's most influential choreographers, brings his highly acclaimed company to Sadler's Wells with three UK premieres.

Paul Taylor's 'Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal)' is a radical interpretation of the Nijinsky-Stravinsky production which scandalized Paris in 1913. Taylor transports the original scenario of a pagan Russian sacrifice to 20th Century America. The action moves back and forth between a rehearsal studio and a series of Chinatown locations in which a detective story about a jewel heist and a kidnapped baby unfolds.

In 'Cascade' Taylor re-visits music of the Baroque period with three of J.S. Bach's concerti arranged for piano and orchestra - setting the trills and cadences of the piano against the richness of Bach's orchestration. Curlicues of movement meld with the sweep and weave of the music to create a lustrous, lyrical work.

Seductive, sultry, smoldering - 'Piazzolla Caldera' evokes the smoke-filled, sexually-charged dance halls of South America. The excitement, passion and stylistic nuances of the tango permeate every shoulder-swagger, foot-stamp and lunge. Alluding to the exploitation and struggle of an underclass and to the battle of the sexes, the dancers stalk and circle one another as a prelude to aggressive, risqué partnering.

Celebrating its 45th Anniversary this year, Paul Taylor Dance Company continues to combine the classical and the contemporary, presenting some of the most exciting and accessible performances in the history of dance.

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Do you know any of these ones, trina? I saw the Rambert Dance Company in 'Airs' and enjoyed the exuberant and elegant style of the work.

Criticaldance readers, we're still very keen to hear from you about the talked about shows in your area.

posted October 31, 2000 03:06            

Looking forward to it muchly.

So, what else is HOT around the modern dance world?

posted November 09, 2000 06:11            

Also there may be another modern dance company to replace the National Ballet of China who has unexpectedly cancelled its appearances at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. (I've recommended the Festival to try for Paul Taylor Dance Company!)

posted November 10, 2000 01:53            

Stuart - you mentioned somewhere you took a class with Momix, didn't you - can you maybe address that experience somewhere? A new thread in Studio maybe?

Anyway - I just noticed this was supposed to be about October. Hm. Well, consider it a preview...

Far as I'm concerned, the hottest thing in Modern Dance this month is the busy rehearsal schedule we've been working with. Been cramming with visiting guest artists from XSIGHT! Performance Group (Brian Jeffrey and Pete Carpenter) on work for concerts in January and February, and it's been a pretty exciting ride - both the schedule and the beautiful (and nice to dance!) stuff we've all worked on.

Nice to be so busy with fun stuff to not even bother being jealous about exciting dance stuff happening around the world. Plus, I guess we've been pretty lucky around here lately - White Oak, Momix, SDC, etc...