White Bird Presents: Paul Taylor Dance Company

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THU-SAT | 7:30PM

MARCH 30–APRIL 1 NEWMARK THEATRE

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THE VOLUNTEERS OF WHITE BIRD

REINTRODUCING THE PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Thank you for joining us as we resume our White Bird Dance Series with tonight’s performance by the Paul Taylor Dance Company. This company holds a special place in the history of White Bird as the very first company we presented. We are honored to present the company again this year, during our 25th Anniversary Season, and to celebrate the ways the company has built upon its own accomplishments over the past several years.

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Much has changed within the Paul Taylor Dance Company since the company’s last visit to Portland, in 2017. Paul Taylor, who founded the company and led it as Artistic Director for over 60 years, passed away in 2018. Taylor’s legacy is upheld and expanded by many generations of Paul Taylor Dance Company alumni. Michael Novak, after a decade-long career with the company, was appointed Artistic Director in 2018. Carolyn Adams, who danced with the company for nearly two decades, has recently rejoined the company as Director of Education. Paul Taylor Dance Company continues to serve as a model for engaging dancers in all forms of dance production, throughout their careers.

Both by design and by necessity, Novak’s leadership is carrying the Paul Taylor Dance Company into a new era. Fresh blood is flowing through the company - many talented new dancers have joined since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new group of dynamic, athletic and brilliant artists complement the broadest repertory in the company’s history. While it continues to steward Taylor’s prodigious body of work, the company is in the process of reimagining itself as an outlet for new choreographic voices. Just last year, the Paul Taylor Dance Company announced Lauren Lovette, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, as its first Resident Choreographer. We are thrilled to share the company with you again tonight, at this exciting time.

Walter Jaffe, Co-Founder

Board of Directors

Paul King, President Walter Jaffe, Secretary, Treasurer Leroy E. Bynum, Jr. Graham Cole Ken Edwards Kim Allchurch Flick Sandra Holmes Lisa Mangum Shawn K. Mangum Nancy & George Thorn, Founding Board Members Emereti

Paul King, Co-Founder

White Bird Team

Graham Cole, Executive Director

Walter Jaffe and Paul King, Co-Founders Graham Cole, Executive Director Christopher Carvalho, Director of Patron Services and Communication Jeff Forbes, Technical Director Deanna Reeves, Communication Manager/Production Assistant Gretchen Westlight, Operations Manager/Executive Assistant Natalie Anthony, Graphic Designer Lauren Bayard, Poster Volunteer Coordinator Stephanie Sussman, White Bird Archivist

ERAN BUGGE, CHRISTINA LYNCH MARKHAM, MADELYN HO KRISTIN DRAUCKER, LEE DUVENECK, ALEX CLAYTON, DEVON LOUIS, JOHN HARNAGE, MARIA AMBROSE, LISA BORRES JADA PEARMAN, SHAWN LESNIAK, JAKE VINCENT, JESSICA FERRETTI, AUSTIN KELLY, KENNY CORRIGAN

FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAUL TAYLOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL NOVAK RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER LAUREN LOVETTE REHEARSAL DIRECTORS BETTIE DE JONG CATHY MCCANN PRINCIPAL LIGHTING DESIGNERS JENNIFER TIPTON JAMES F. INGALLS PRINCIPAL SET & COSTUME DESIGNERS SANTO LOQUASTO WILLIAM IVEY LONG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN TOMLINSON Leadership funding provided by Stephen Kroll Reidy.

Lincoln Center Season made possible by Marjorie S. Isaac.

Major support provided by The SHS Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation.

Additional major funding provided by S&P Global, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Support for the creation of new work provided by Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Paul Taylor Dance Company gratefully acknowledges the estates of Harlan Morse Blake and Mary J. Osborn for their transformational gifts.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM A FIELD OF GRASS

Songs by Harry Nilsson Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by Santo Loquasto Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 1993) Alex Clayton Eran Bugge, Christina Lynch Markham, Lisa Borres Jada Pearman, Shawn Lesniak, Jake Vincent Creation of this dance made possible with contributions from the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Revival supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Preservation made possible by contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

INTERMISSION

BRANDENBURGS

Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concertos #6 (movements 1 & 2) and #3 Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by Santo Loquasto Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 1988) John Harnage Eran Bugge, Madelyn Ho, Lee Duveneck, Alex Clayton Devon Louis, Maria Ambrose, Shawn Lesniak, Jake Vincent Original production made possible in part by contributions from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Wallace Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, Inc. Preservation made possible by Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown and contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

INTERMISSION

COMPANY B

Songs sung by The Andrews Sisters (The songs express typical sentiments of Americans during World War II)

Choreography by Paul Taylor Costumes by Santo Loquasto Lighting by Jennifer Tipton (First performed in 1991)

Christina Lynch Markham, Madelyn Ho, Kristin Draucker, Lee Duveneck, Alex Clayton, John Harnage, Maria Ambrose, Lisa Borres, Jada Pearman, Shawn Lesniak, Jake Vincent, Jessica Ferretti, Austin Kelly Bei Mir Bist du Schön

Full Cast

Pennsylvania Polka

Ms. Draucker and Mr. Kelly

Tico-Tico

Mr. Clayton

Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!

Mr. Duveneck with cast women

I Can Dream, Can’t I?

Ms. Lynch Markham

Joseph! Joseph!

Mss. Borres, Pearman, Ferretti Messrs. Duveneck, Vincent, Kelly

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)

Mr. Harnage

Rum and Coca-Cola

Ms. Ho with cast men

There Will Never Be Another You

Ms. Ambrose and Mr. Lesniak

Bei Mir Bist du Schön

Full Cast

Commissioned by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Wallace Foundation and The Brown Foundation.

Produced in cooperation with Houston Ballet and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Creation of this dance made possible with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Preservation made possible by contributions to the Paul Taylor Repertory Preservation Project with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

White Bird is minding our carbon footprint, and offering a digital program online to supplement a slimmed-down printed program.

Please scan the QR code to the right, or visit https://www.whitebird.org/paul-taylor-dance-company to learn more about the company and the artists.

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY

Founded by cultural icon and legendary dancemaker Paul Taylor, the 16-member Company houses 64 years of Taylor’s unrivaled creativity and over a dozen contemporary commissions. Known for multi-disciplinary collaborations, passionate expression, and thrilling athleticism, the Company has performed in more than 600 cities in 66 countries, representing the United States at arts festivals in more than 40 countries and touring extensively under the aegis of the U.S. Department of State. The Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Novak, continues boldly into the future.

PAUL TAYLOR

Paul Taylor (1930-2018) was one of the most accomplished artists this nation has ever produced. He established the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954, serving as both a virtuoso performer and a trailblazing choreographer until 1974, when he turned exclusively to choreography. During his 64-year career as a dance maker, Mr. Taylor helped define and shape the home-grown American art of modern dance through a matchless repertoire of 147 works with an extraordinary range of subject matter. In 2015 he established Paul Taylor American Modern Dance with the goal of creating an institutional home for modern dance at New York’s Lincoln Center. In addition to presenting Mr. Taylor’s works, PTAMD presents iconic works by great modern choreographers of the past and present, and commissions the dance makers of the 21st Century to work with the Taylor Company, thereby helping to ensure the future of the art form.

MICHAEL NOVAK

Michael Novak, a critically acclaimed Paul Taylor dancer from 2010 to 2019, became the second Artistic Director in the history of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation in September 2018, having been chosen by Mr. Taylor to succeed him upon his death. Under Novak’s direction, the Paul Taylor Dance Company continues to be one of the world’s premier dance companies, with robust domestic and international touring; an ever-expanding repertory that includes the Taylor canon, historical masterpieces, and works he commissions; an annual engagement at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; and several education programs to inspire the next generation of dancers and dance advocates. Raised in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Novak is an alumnus of Columbia University’s School of General Studies, where he received his BA in Dance magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was the Keynote Speaker for the Class of 2020.

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