Paul Taylor, INTO THE WOODS & More Set for PAC, Purchase College This December
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 02, 2016
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College (PAC) is decking the halls and lighting the menorah in anticipation of December, which begins on the 1st with a unique screening of Paul Taylor: Creative Domain, a rare up-close and in-depth look at Taylor at work, culminating with a live performance of the dance, created in the film, by the PTDC.
The PAC is at 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577. Tickets vary in prices and are on sale at 914-251-6200 and www.ArtsCenter.org.
December Programming Includes:
Paul Taylor Dance Company
December 1, 7pm Join us for a very special screening of the documentary film Paul Taylor: Creative Domain, a rare up-close and in-depth look at Taylor at work, as he creates "Three Dubious Memories." The screening will conclude with a live performance of the dance by the PTDC. The company returns to The PAC on January 28, for a full-length performance of Taylor classics.
January 28, 2017, 8pm Dancemaker Paul Taylor, one of the seminal artists of our time, continues to shape the homegrown American art of modern dance that he helped define. 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 dances, offering 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.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
December 4, 3pm (and February 5, 2017, 3pm) Clever, compassionate, and unabashedly creative. Center favorites NYC-based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, now in their 5th decade and eternally without a conductor, return this season, with two exceptional programs. We'd expect nothing less. For program and soloist details, click more information.
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The Hip Hop Nutcracker
December 15, 8pm A holiday mash-up for the whole family. A dozen all-star dancers, on-stage DJ and an electric violinist bring the traditional Nutcracker story to life in contemporary New York City. This full-length show celebrates love, community and the magic of the holiday season.
December 16 & 17, 8pm Get ready to rock around the Christmas tree with the one and only Rob Mathes. This annual celebration featuring Mathes, plus his all-star band and chorus, is a high-energy evening of rock, jazz, and blues - original tunes and holiday classics that will put you in the spirit of the season.
SAVE THE DATE: INTO THE WOODS
February 2 & 3, 8pm Unanimously acclaimed, extended twice at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theater, the Tony Award-winning musical classic by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine has been mounted with boundless imagination. This witty and wildly theatrical re-invention is Into the Woods like you've never seen it before! Mind the wolf, heed the witch, and honor the giant in the sky at this extraordinary musical about the power of wishes and what really happens after they come true.
THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PURCHASE COLLEGE (The PAC), a four-theatre complex, is the major professional, non-profit arts presenter in the Southeastern New York-Southwestern Connecticut region. The Center presents a broad range of performances that engage, challenge, and educate as well as entertain, offering music, dance, theatre, film, comedy, and family programming to audiences from Westchester and the surrounding communities. Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY, is located 28 miles northeast of New York City at the Connecticut border. The College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY), is an institution of public higher education encompassing the liberal arts and sciences, professional training in the performing and visual arts, continuing education, the Neuberger Museum of Art, and The Performing Arts Center.
The PAC acknowledges with great appreciation our major funders and sponsors: The Vivian and Seymour Milstein Endowed Fund, ArtsWestchester, Steinway & Sons, Tanaka Memorial Foundation, Westchester Magazine, The Frog Rock Foundation, Peckham Family Foundation, Bee Steinhaus Memorial Arts-in-Education Fund, and Zisson Foundation, Inc.
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