Paul Taylor 70th A Birthday Remembrance.
From: Dance Magazine
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Date: 7/1/2000
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Author: REINHART, CHARLES L.
MY FIRST SIGHT of Paul Taylor the dancer was when I saw Martha Graham's company in the mid-1950s. My first awareness of Paul Taylor the choreographer was when I read Louis Horst's piece in Dance Observer in 1957. Horst's memorable review was of Paul's 7 New Dances, which deconstructed dance to its minimum by using not only everyday gestures and repetition, but also absolute stillness. In one dance, the curtain went up on Paul standing and a young woman sitting. After four minutes of ...
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