{"id":32931,"date":"2018-08-30T17:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T00:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=32931"},"modified":"2018-08-30T17:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T00:07:29","slug":"thank-you-rip-paul-taylor-a-magnificent-modern-dance-choreographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2018\/08\/30\/thank-you-rip-paul-taylor-a-magnificent-modern-dance-choreographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you &#038;  RIP Paul Taylor &#8211; A Magnificent Modern Dance Choreographer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>RIP Paul  Taylo, Nytimes tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Paul Taylor brought a lyrical musicality, capacity for joy and wide poetic imagination to modern dance over six decades as one its greatest choreographers <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaABobwheel-e1501375706308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaABobwheel-e1501375706308.jpg\" alt=\"1aaABobwheel\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30476\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Paul Taylor Dance Company Performing Tracer, in 1962. Robert Rauschenberg\u2019s Bicycle Wheel was the only scenery on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Taylor died<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2018\/aug\/30\/paul-taylor-death-obituary-dancer-choreographer\"> (Guardian obit) <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taylor, a dancer who later became one of the world\u2019s greatest choreographers, was seen as the last of the 20th century\u2019s titans of modern dance<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR obit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/08\/30\/643422769\/paul-taylor-giant-of-modern-dance-has-died\"> (A Giant of Modern Dance) <\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAkikiPaul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAkikiPaul.jpg\" alt=\"1aaAkikiPaul\" width=\"550\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAkikiPaul.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAkikiPaul-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKiki Smith and Paul Taylor<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/15minutesmagazine.com\/archives\/issue_97\/page_too.htm\">via<\/a>)  <\/p>\n<li>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YHkciz_yYYI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nPaul Taylor&#8217;s Esplanade &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyGWsGl7Ezo\"> Part 1\/5 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtubde.com\/watch?v=PnYmdX8hpPE\">Part 2\/5 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H-B2J7YyiOk\">Part 3\/5 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TqQ78i1xsbk\">part 4\/5 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/paul-taylor-41059\">Paul Taylor! <\/a> (biography)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Born on July 29, 1930, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Paul Taylor started the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954 and worked with icons like Martha Graham and George Balanchine. Taylor went on to establish a massive repertory with his company and created a distinct, acclaimed mode of choreography in works like &#8220;Esplanade&#8221; and &#8220;Arden Court.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kindred Spirits: Paul Taylor &amp; Robert Rauschenberg\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DnTp7uSmlgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DnTp7uSmlgg\">Kindred Spirits (youtube) <\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAbJ-Diggity1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAbJ-Diggity1.jpg\" alt=\"Diggity1\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAbJ-Diggity1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1aaAbJ-Diggity1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(Dogs designed by Alex Kats)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bachtrack.com\/review-paul-taylor-dance-company-yerba-buena-center-san-francisco-april-2015\">Yerba buena SF 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI had seen Paul dance for the first time shortly before we met with Edwin [Denby] and thought his choreography was one of the most surprising things I had seen as an artist. Paul\u2019s dancing seemed to be a real break with that of the previous generation: no expression, no content, no form, as he said, and with great technique and intelligence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexkatz.com\/projects\/dance_collaborations\/paul_taylor\">Alex Kats<\/a><\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/arts\/la-et-cm-paul-taylor-dance-review-20170507-story.html\">Paul Taylor <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Paul Taylor proves staying power of &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s dance<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP Paul Taylo, Nytimes tweeted. Paul Taylor brought a lyrical musicality, capacity for joy and wide poetic imagination to modern dance over six decades as one its greatest choreographers The Paul Taylor Dance Company Performing Tracer, in 1962. Robert Rauschenberg\u2019s Bicycle Wheel was the only scenery on stage. Paul Taylor died (Guardian obit) Taylor, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2018\/08\/30\/thank-you-rip-paul-taylor-a-magnificent-modern-dance-choreographer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thank you &#038;  RIP Paul Taylor &#8211; A Magnificent Modern Dance Choreographer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}