Paul Taylor has riveted audiences with matchless
inventiveness and astonishing poignancy for 48 years. Taylor turns everyday movement into breathtaking art of
heart-wrenching beauty and now nearly five decades after he made his first
dance, he is regarded as a living legend and one of history’s creative
giants. At 71 Paul Taylor is
as prolific as ever and Dream Girls will be his 118th dance work. Dream Girls will be danced by nine members of
the Company (4 men, 5 women) and performed to barbershop quartet songs,
ten in all, recorded by the legendary The Buffalo Bills. It is a full work lasting approximately twenty-five minutes.
“When I first took the job as Managing Director of the Eisemann
Center over two years ago and began looking for artists to present during
our first season, the Paul Taylor Dance Company was at the top of my
list,” stated Bruce C. MacPherson. “The stage of the Hill Performance Hall is an ideal setting
for dance with its wood sprung floor and I am delighted that we were able
to not only get this outstanding company, but to commission a new work and
bring to Dallas/Ft. Worth the world premiere of this new piece.” In addition to the new work, Eisemann Center audiences will
also enjoy the Texas premiere of Taylor’s other most recent work, Promethean
Fire, that received its world premiere to critical acclaim this past
June at the American Dance Festival’s summer season at Duke University
in Durham, N.C. Rounding out
the program will be Images an earlier piece created by Paul Taylor
that was first performed in 1977. The Paul Taylor Dance Company is one of the world’s most exquisite ensembles. The Company has performed Mr. Taylor’s works in over 60 countries and more than 450 cities. While continuing to garner international acclaim, the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs more than half of each touring season in cities throughout the United States. The Company also performs an annual two-week season at City Center Theatre in New York City. Their performances at the Eisemann Center will be the Company’s first appearance in the area since 1998. Since 1968, when his Aureole first entered the
repertory of the Royal Danish Ballet, Taylor’s works have been licensed
for performance by more than 75 companies worldwide. They include American Ballet Theatre, English National
Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Paris Opera Ballet. Paul Taylor is the recipient of dozens of awards and honors
including the National Medal of Arts presented to him by President Clinton
in 1993. In 1995 he came to
Dallas to receive the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts
for work that “endures as some of the most innovative and important the
world has ever seen.” Taylor
and his Company are the subject of Dancemaker, Matthew Diamond’s
award-winning, Oscar-nominated film, hailed by Time Magazine as
“perhaps the best dance documentary ever.” Tickets for Paul Taylor Dance Company are priced
from $20 - $70 with a 10% discount available for students and groups of 10
or more. For further
information or to order tickets call the Eisemann Center Ticket Office at
972.744.4650 or stop in during regular business hours Monday – Friday,
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM and on Saturday 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
The Eisemann Center is located at 2351 Performance Drive,
Richardson, Texas 75082. Information
may also be found by visiting the Center’s website at www.eisemanncenter.com |