Paul Taylor Dance Company

Music: Early New Orleans Jazz
The home-grown American art forms of jazz and modern dance combine in the earliest Taylor dance still active in the repertoire. The timeless nature of physical humor is proven by the droll movements of primordial beings who are covered from head to toe, rendering them unidentifiable – which prompted Martha Graham to dub Taylor “the naughty boy of modern dance.” “A parade of faceless, gray-leotarded figures to early New Orleans jazz – funeral music – is one of the funniest dances anywhere. An essay on posture and gesture – and genius” – Janice Berman, Newsday