2018 Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Season Announced

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance (PTAMD) will present its annual Season at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center from March 7 to 25, 2018. The Season will introduce the World Premiere of Paul Taylor's 147th dance, and feature World premieres of dances choreographed by Doug Varone and Bryan Arias commissioned through Taylor Company Commissions and made on the Taylor dancers. Special guest artist Sara Mearns, New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, will perform Dances of Isadora reconstructed by Isadora Duncan Dance Company Artistic Director Lori Belilove. Trisha Brown Dance Company will perform Trisha Brown's Set and Reset. Music will be performed live on every program by Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Taylor Music Director/Maestro Donald York and Maestro David LaMarche. Tickets go on sale September 15 at www.boxoffice.dance.

The 2018 Season also marks the return of a 2017 Taylor Company Commission, Lila York's Continuum, performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

In addition, a special performance will be co-produced by American Dance Festival (ADF) on Sunday, March 18 at 6pm. Entitled ICONS: Isadora Duncan, Trisha Brown, Paul Taylor, the performance will feature the Trisha Brown Dance Company in Trisha Brown's Set and Reset, Sara Mearns in Dances of Isadora and the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Paul Taylor's Esplanade. This will be the first time that dances by these three iconic choreographers are performed on the same program, and follows last season's critically acclaimed ICONS performance.

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A Gala Performance and Black-tie Dinner on the Koch Theater Promenade on March 8 will begin at 6:30pm Please call 646.214.5815 for Gala event pricing. Regular price tickets for the performance only are available through www.boxoffice.dance.

PTAMD performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.Ticket prices, including orchestra seats, range from $10 to $175.

The Company's 2018 Taylor repertoire includes Arden Court (1981), Banquet of Vultures (2005), Changes (2008), Cloven Kingdom (1976), Esplanade (1975), Eventide (1997), Gossamer Gallants (2011), Mercuric Tidings (1982), Musical Offering (1986), Piazzolla Caldera (1997), Promethean Fire (2002), Roses (1985) and Runes (1975).

2018 Season at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center

Wednesday, March 7, 7:00 p.M. Roses, Paul Taylor New Work*, Cloven Kingdom

Thursday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. GALA**: Arden Court, Bryan Arias New Work*, Esplanade

Friday, March 9, 8:00 p.m. Musical Offering, Gossamer Gallants, Piazzolla Caldera

Saturday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. Arden Court, Gossamer Gallants, Esplanade

Saturday, March 10, 8:00 p.M. Roses, Doug Varone New Work*, Promethean Fire

Sunday, March 11, 2:00 p.m. Cloven Kingdom, Paul Taylor New Work*, Piazzolla Caldera

Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. Continuum, Runes, Esplanade

Wednesday, March 14, 7:00 p.m. Set and Reset, Eventide, Mercuric Tidings

Thursday, March 15, 7:00 p.m. Changes, Continuum, Cloven Kingdom

Friday, March 16, 8:00 p.m. Set and Reset, Banquet of Vultures, Promethean Fire

Saturday, March 17, 2:00 p.m. Changes, Eventide, Piazzolla Caldera

Saturday, March 17, 8:00 p.m. Musical Offering, Brian Arias New Work*, Arden Court

Sunday, March 18, 2:00 p.M. Roses, Doug Varone New Work*, Mercuric Tidings

Sunday, March 18, 6:00 p.m. ICONS: Set and Reset, Dances of Isadora, Esplanade

Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 p.m. Set and Reset, Runes, Mercuric Tidings

Wednesday, March 21, 7:00 p.m. Dances of Isadora, Bryan Arias New Work*, Piazzolla Caldera

Thursday, March 22, 7:00 p.m. Dances of Isadora, Paul Taylor New Work*, Promethean Fire

Friday, March 23, 8:00 p.m. Doug Varone New Work*, Eventide, Cloven Kingdom

Saturday, March 24, 2:00 p.m. Changes, Continuum, Gossamer Gallants

Saturday, March 24, 8:00 p.m. Dances of Isadora, Banquet of Vultures, Esplanade

Sunday, March 25, 2:00 p.m. Musical Offering, Runes, Mercuric Tidings

* World Premiere

**Gala Performance

Major funding provided by The SHS Foundation. Lincoln Center season made possible by Marjorie S. Isaac.

Leadership support provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Howard Gilman Foundation. Additional major funding provided by the Shubert Foundation, American Express, and The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation. Public support also provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. National Touring is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

About Paul Taylor and PTAMD:
Paul Taylor is the greatest living pioneer of American modern dance, with 146 dances made since 1954 when he established the Paul Taylor Dance Company. He continues to offer cogent observations on life's complexities and society's thorniest issues through his dances. A virtuoso dancer for 20 years, Mr. Taylor turned exclusively to choreography in 1974; the dance that followed, Esplanade, was hailed an instant classic. Mr. Taylor continues to create new work annually for his Company. His works are performed by the Taylor Company, Taylor 2 and ballet and modern dance companies the world over. In 2015 he established Paul Taylor AMERICAN MODERN DANCE to bring to New York's Lincoln Center - in addition to his own repertoire - masterworks of the past by renown artists, and works by the next generation of choreographers creating on his Company. Works are performed to live music whenever so intended by the choreographer. A Kennedy Center honoree, Mr. Taylor is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Dancemaker, and author of the acclaimed autobiography, Private Domain. A book of essays mostly for fun, Facts and Fancies, was written by Mr. Taylor in 2013. He has achieved countless accolades, including two of our nation's highest artistic distinctions: the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.

About the Paul Taylor Dance Company:
The world-renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company sets the global standard for contemporary dance excellence. Since the company's founding in 1954, Mr. Taylor has choreographed 146 dances, many of which have attained iconic status and have been celebrated throughout the world. The Company has performed in some 524 cities and 64 countries. The 2018 Lincoln Center season marked the Company's 64th