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Mahaiwe Presents Paul Taylor Dance Company - April 07, 2008
 | | Paul Taylor Dance Company in two performances on Saturday May 31, 2008 – at 2pm & 7:30pm. |
GREAT BARRINGTON — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents the Paul Taylor Dance Company in two performances on Saturday, May 31, – at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
The matinee performance is a one-hour family friendly show featuring "Diggity" and "Cloven Kingdom." The evening performance features "Diggity," "Arden Court" and the company premiere of Taylor's newest work, "Changes."
Matinee tickets are $20. Evening tickets are $250 with postperformance party with dancers; $50 reserved seating or $45 for members.
"We are thrilled to welcome back the Paul Taylor Dance Company in our fourth season, building on the sold-out success by the company at our Centennial Gala in 2005," said Beryl Jolly, executive director. "There is clearly great enthusiasm in Berkshire County for the talents of this legendary choreographer and his dancers, and for world-class dance at the Mahaiwe."
Set to songs of The Mamas and The Papas, "Changes" reflects the dynamics of the '60s, with costumes by Santo Loquasto and lighting by Jennifer Tipton. The evening program also features the 1978 dance "Diggity," in which Alex Katz-designed dogs on stage create an obstacle course for the dancers, and "Arden Court" (1981), a celebration of movement set to a baroque score.
In the 1950s, Taylor's work was so cutting edge that Martha Graham dubbed him the "naughty boy" of dance. In the '60s, he set trailblazing movement to music composed 200 years earlier; in the '70s, he put incest center stage; in the '80s, he looked unflinchingly at intimacy among men at war and marital rape. In the '90s, he warned against blind conformity to authority and ridiculed exclusionary men's clubs. In the new millennium, he has condemned American imperialism, lampooned feminism and looked death square in the face.
Taylor has a collection of 128 dances performed by his own celebrated company, now numbering 16 dancers, and the six-member Taylor 2, as well as renowned ballet and modern dance companies here and abroad. He is among the most sought-after choreographers working today, commissioned by leading companies, theaters and presenting organizations the world over.
Membership begins at $65; Friends receive priority ordering and discounts on tickets to most Mahaiwe Presents events. For tickets, call the box office at 413-528-0100 or go to www.mahaiwe.org.
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