Paul Taylor Dance Company

Music by Arcangelo Corelli, Henry Cowell and Malloy MillerJust below the surface of humans’ civilized veneer lurks an animal nature that cannot be ignored. During a cotillion ball where members of high society are formally attired, an orderly, baroque score vies for dominance with urgent, percussive 20th-Century music, reflecting the struggle between our gentler and more savage natures. “A sharp comedy of manners [about] the conflicting natures within people and, more specifically, the darker side that surfaces under the veneer of gentility. There’s so much movement-invention that it is hard to take everything in.” – Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times