PAUL TAYLOR

BIRTH

• He was born on July 29 1930
• Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
• grew up in Washington D.C.

BEGINNINGS

• Attended Syracuse University, 1949-52.
• Juilliard School of Music, 1952-53
• He also attended Connecticut College, Metropolitan School of Ballet, and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance

RECOGNITION

• MacArthur Genius award in 1985
• Primetime Emmy Awward for choreography
• Kennedy center honors

RESPECT

• "the man most often called our greatest living choreographer."
• The New Yorker said, "a style as individual as a thumbprint."
• Style so unique that it has been called "Taylorism."

LEGACY

• Taylor has received critical acclaim for athletic and experimental choreography.
• And is one of the greatest modern dancer to receive recognition through the the world.

PRESERVERANCE

• 1961 created his own company
• Today The Paul Taylor Dance Company is known as a top school of the 20th century
• Paul Taylor continues to work with his company

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