01 September 2018

All The World's A Stage: Choreographer Paul Taylor Created A Dance Company

He left his major mark on the dance world as a choreographer. Paul Taylor, one of the most prolific and influential choreographers in the world of modern dance, died Wednesday, Aug. 29. The cause was renal failure, the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation confirmed. He was 88.
The movements Taylor created on stage were inspired by everyday people doing everyday things, including doing nothing at all. It was an approach that at first turned people away — but he eventually turned them around.
(Most of this post - and the opening image - are taken from National Public Radio in this report from this past week) https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30 )
Paul Taylor was born in 1930 just outside of Pittsburgh. He wanted to be a painter, and attended Syracuse University on a swimming scholarship to pay for it.
And then, he told NPR in 2004, something changed. He was discouraged about painting and went into the library."And I picked up a dance magazine, picked up some dance books and then looked at the pictures," Taylor said. "And I like to move and I thought, 'Well, maybe that's it. I'll just try that.' So I left college and came to New York to take dance classes."Paul Taylor, Giant Of Modern Dance, Has Died
Andrew Limbong