Paul Taylor News

This year, compliments of the Connecticut Ballet, in its 30th year, and under the direction of Brett Raphael, The Nutcracker will create visions up to and including the Sugar Plum Fairy, yes, but also the crouching Cossacks, Mouse King, soldiers, and Clara and her prince in two performances on Sunday, Dec. 11.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's five-week New York season will begin on November 30th with a star-studded gala benefit at New York City Center that marks an exciting new era led by Artistic Director Robert Battle. Honorary Chairs for the special evening are First Lady Michelle Obama and the legendary model Iman.

Paul Taylor has won the National Medal of Arts, the MacArthur Genius Award, he's in the French Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour), and now his works are coming here. This intrepid company performs adaptations of his famous pieces to eager audiences across the country and around the world.

Living up to its name as an 'American Cultural Ambassador to the World,' Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater was warmly and wildly greeted by audiences in packed houses and with standing ovations this summer on a ten-week international tour that marked the historic passing of the Artistic Director mantle to Robert Battle.

The internationally acclaimed Parsons Dance Foundation will be performing live at the Bergen Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 18th at 8P.M.

Celebrating a lifetime of artistic achievement by one of the world's most important contemporary choreographers, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's Legacy Tour comes to Chicago in a co-presentation by The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Today, on the eve of 112th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, New York City Center and Jazz at Lincoln Center are pleased to announce a new producing partnership that will combine the organizations' specialties: musical theater and jazz.

Multi award-winning Broadway comedy-musical, The Best?Little Whorehouse in Texas will receive a major new revival, starring Sarah Lark and directed by Paul Taylor-Mills, at the Union Theatre from Tuesday 18th October to Saturday 12th November.

The finalists for the first Clive Barnes Awards have just been announced. This year's awards will be presented by Frederic Franklin, CBE and Nina Arianda, last year's recipient.

The acclaimed 1994 world premiere of the Klezmer musical Shlemiel the First, was at Boston's American Repertory Theater (ART).

The internationally acclaimed Parsons Dance Foundation will be performing live at the Bergen Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 18th at 8P.M.

The internationally acclaimed Parsons Dance Foundation will be performing live at the Bergen Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 18th at 8P.M.

New York City Center will reopen following a historic renovation and modernization with a star-studded gala on October 25.