Paul Taylor 2 and Guests Present: CloseUP

About The Show

  • Monteleone Dance
The evening will feature:

Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company

Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company will perform “Party Mix” , a seminal Paul Taylor work from 1963 which was recently reconstructed through a residency with Yale Dance Theatre.  This showcase offers the unique opportunity to see a rare, genre-defining dance of Paul Taylor, alongside emerging local dance companies, in the intimate theatre at Dixon Place.

Guest Dance Companies:

Monteleone Dance will perform “Neur0-” (Compressed Version)
“Neur0-” is a multimedia retro videogame performance exploring the meta nature of thinking about thinking and how we create our reality.
Choreography by Joe Monteleone
Website: www.monteleonedance.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1620555996
Instagram:  @Joe Monteleone

Neville Dance Theatre will perform ‘53 Movements (work-in-progress excerpt)’
Neville Dance Theatre takes on composer Terry Riley’s musical masterpiece ‘In C’. Consisting of 53 short musical phrases played with improvisational liberties, the company performs 53 corresponding movement phrases with the dancers following the musicians via both set choreography and improvisational choices, resulting in a 45-minute explosion of music and movement that is unique with each and every performance.
Choreography by Brenda R. Neville
Website: http://www.nevilledance.com
Facebook: /neville.dance.theatre
Instagram: @nevilledancetheatre

Periapsis Music and Dance will perform ‘Encaged’
Encaged is a short character study that examines the nature and effects of internal barriers. As with most of our work, it is a collaborative creation between choreographer and composer, who in this case are also dancer and musician, respectively. This performance at Dixon Place will be its world premiere.
Choreography by  Erin Dillon and original music played by Jonathan Howard Katz
Website: https://periapsismusicanddance.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/periapsismusicanddance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeriapsisNYC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/periapsisnyc/

 

 

The evening supports our dance programming.

About the Artists

‘‘Taylor 2, the junior ensemble of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, has long been one of the most vital and accomplished of second troupes in New York City.’’
The New York Times

Paul Taylor, one of the most accomplished artists this nation has ever produced, shaped America’s indigenous art of modern dance as he since became a professional dancer and pioneer choreographer in 1954.  Having performed with Martha Graham’s company for several years, Mr. Taylor uniquely bridged the legendary founders of modern dance – Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey and Ms. Graham – and the dance makers of the 21st Century. Through his new initiative at Lincoln Center – Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance – he presented great modern works of the past and outstanding works by leading choreographers alongside his own vast and growing repertoire. And he has been commissioning the next generation of dance makers to work with his renowned Company, thereby helping to ensure the future of the art form.

Paul Taylor established the Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company in 1993 to ensure that his works could be seen by audiences all over the world, unhindered by economic or technical limitations. Working with longtime colleague Linda Hodes, he modeled Taylor 2 after the original six-member company he established in 1954.  Taylor 2 is able to perform in smaller venues with more modest budgets than the larger Paul Taylor Dance Company, without sacrificing any of the artistry that characterizes a Taylor performance.

Taylor 2 engagements are customized to meet the needs of each community and often consist of master classes and lecture demonstrations in addition to performances, which may take place in such non-traditional venues as office buildings, parks and public plazas as well as theaters.  In selecting repertoire for Taylor 2, Mr. Taylor chose dances that represent the athleticism, humor and range of emotions found in his work.  

Monteleone Dance – Joe Monteleone, the “Andy Warhol of modern dance” (The Moving Beauty Series) is “A one-man-band soloist and choreographer who mixes his own music, video art, records monologues, and controls his own lighting – the rare control freak who can do it all and come out with a dazzlingly realized project” (Huffington Post). His multimedia solo work and company (Monteleone Dance) have been presented at over 45 venues throughout New York City, nationally and internationally to great acclaim, listed in the Huffington Post’s “Best Dance Performances of 2017”. Joe is at the forefront of movement invention with his “Extraordinary . . . motion-filled movement variety” (Critical Dance), a hyper-dexterous movement vocabulary that illustrates Maya, the world of forms and illusion. “Far and away the most moving and meticulous dancer” (Phoenix New Times), Joe combines a “masterful use of technology” with “exceptional dance and choreographic skills” (The Dance Enthusiast) to create philosophically driven multimedia dance theatre.

Neville Dance Theatre – Hailed as “compelling”, “imaginative” and a “pure delight” by critics and patrons, Neville Dance Theatre, a non-profit Manhattan based company performing works by choreographer Brenda Neville, brings theatrical and thematic innovation to contemporary ballet with a classical root. Through original and universally themed works, this diverse company creates a colorful, visual tapestry of movement that brings the joy, artistry and expressiveness of dance to others. The company has been presented by The Riverside Theatre, Jamaica Performing Arts Center and Kumble Theatre for the Performing Arts in Brooklyn and is regularly selected for participation in festivals and curated programs including The Queensborough Dance Festival, Dixon Place, The 92 Street Y, Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, NY and Dance For World Community in Boston, MA. The company also presents annual performance seasons of new works and company repertory in the New York area.

Periapsis Music and Dance is a Brooklyn-based performing ensemble of dancers and musicians, and a resource for artists. Under the leadership of artistic director Jonathan Howard Katz (a composer) and resident choreographers Erin Dillon and Hannah Weber, we’ve built a varied repertoire from our resident artists and commissioned guests, specializing in close collaboration between choreographers and composers. To learn more about us and what we’re offering the artistic community, please visit periapsismusicanddance.org.

Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:30pm

General Admission
$25 in advance
$30 at the door
$20 Students & Seniors with valid ID

Estimated Runtime
60 minutes

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Credits

Photo Credits

Whitney Browne (Rei Akazawa and Irving Amigon in Paul Taylor’s ‘Junction‘)

Slide Show:
Cesar Brodermann Photography (Monteleone Dance)
Whitney Browne (Rei Akazawa and Jake Deibert in Paul Taylor’s ‘Tracer’)

Yi-Chun Wu (Neville Dance Theatre)
Whitney Browne (Sloan Pearson and Jake Deibert in Paul Taylor’s ‘Junction’)
Rachel Neville (Periapsis Music & Dance)
Whitney Browne (Amanda Stevenson and Jake Deibert in Paul Taylor’s ‘Tracer’)

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