The audience buzzes with electricity, then hushes as the house goes dark. The music begins, the curtain rises and the lights come up on some of the world’s greatest dancers. A Paul Taylor Dance Company performance has begun, and with it the silent but profound exchange between artist and audience member. 

Experience the Paul Taylor Dance Company yourself on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 3:00pm at the Auditorium Theatre in these fabulous seats:

Orchestra C, Row J, Seats 307-308 (click to view) 

ABOUT: Choreographer Paul Taylor is the greatest living pioneer of America’s indigenous art of modern dance.  At an age when most artists’ best work is behind them, Mr. Taylor continues to win public and critical acclaim for the vibrancy, relevance and power of his creations.  As he has since his origins as a dance maker in 1954, he offers cogent observations on life’s complexities while tackling some of society’s thorniest issues. While he may propel his dancers through space for the sheer beauty of it, he more frequently uses them to illuminate such profound issues as war, piety, spirituality, sexuality, morality and mortality. If, as George Balanchine said, there are no mothers-in-law in ballet, there certainly are dysfunctional families, disillusioned idealists, imperfect religious leaders, angels and insects in Mr. Taylor’s dances. 

Mr. Taylor’s dances are performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the six-member Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company(begun in 1993), and companies throughout the world including the Royal Danish Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He remains among the most sought-after choreographers working today, commissioned by presenting organizations the world over. Continuing to embrace change and take risks as he has his entire career, in 2012 he moved his Company to a new home at Lincoln Center.