Tag: carolyn adams

Paul Taylor: Carrying the Torch for the Second Generation of Modern Dance

Paul Taylor was a prolific choreographer of the 20th and 21st centuries known for his often paradoxical take on modern dance, highlighting light and dark themes and balancing pedestrian movement with a sweeping lyricism. Paul Belville Taylor Jr. was born in Pennsylvania, nine months after the 1929 stock market crash. After his parents divorced, he […]

Carolyn Adams on Carrying the Torch for the Next Generation of Modern Dancers

With her new appointment as director of education at Paul Taylor Dance Company, life has come full circle for Carolyn Adams, who began her dance career there in 1965. Adams has had a distinguished career in the dance world, including being faculty emerita at The Juilliard School and former director of education at Jacob’s Pillow. […]