Paul Taylor

American choreographer

Paul Belville Taylor, Jr. (July 29, 1930 – August 29, 2018) was an American choreographer. He was among the last living members of the third generation of America's modern dance artists.[1] He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Taylor in January 1960

Taylor works include Big Bertha (1970),, Airs (1978), Arden Court (1981), Sunset (1983), Last Look (1985), Speaking in Tongues (1988), Brandenburgs (1988), Company B (1991), Piazolla Caldera (1996), Black Tuesday (2001), Promethean Fire (2002), and Beloved Renegade (2008).

In 1992, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography and was awarded the Kennedy Center Honorees.

Taylor died of renal failure on August 29, 2018, at a Manhattan hospital at the age of 88.[2]

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  1. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. "Modern Dance - Later Dancers", Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. "Paul Taylor, a Giant of Modern Dance, Is Dead at 88". The New York Times. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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