Paul taylor choreographer biography of mahatma

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Paul Taylor was a true giant of American modern dance, with works that displayed both simplicity and depth of understanding into the human condition. He passed away on August 29, 2018, at 88 years of age.

A spokesperson from the company said it was due to renal failure. Surviving him is a company that he founded, many admiring dance lovers and an American contemporary dance that he had a significant hand in shaping.

In a choreographic career lasting more than a half century, he created 147 works – of varying atmospheres, aesthetics and moods – for his company and others from American Ballet Theatre to Houston Ballet.

Paul Taylor, the practical poet of American Modern Dance - an ...

From the social and human commentary he created in his works, to the lyrical quality of the movement within it, Taylor was a poet. Yet, ever practical, he once remarked that a ticking clock was his muse. Pedestrian movements were often his inspiration.