Paul Taylor Dance Company

BOOK OF BEASTS

Opus Number: 
52
Music: 
Schubert, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini, de Falla and Tchaikovsky, transcribed for harpsichord
Costumes: 
John Rawlings
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
July 2, 1971
Notes: 

A sardonic suite that mocks human foibles, medievalism, music and dance conventions in thoroughly beguiling ways. A lovely, fiendishly clever dance.” – Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice

Audio: 

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