Paul Taylor Dance Company

RUNES

Opus Number: 
62
Music: 
Gerald Busby
Costumes: 
George Tacet
Lighting: 
Jennifer Tipton
Date First Performed: 
August 13, 1975
Notes: 

“A major creation… The enormous pathos that arises in the final moments of [this striking heroic poem], when all the elements of the piece are combined and restated and still the momentum leaps ahead - this pathos comes from the unstoppable energy of what Taylor has set in motion.” – Arlene Croce, The New Yorker

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Photos: Paul B. Goode

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