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PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY UK TOUR (29 April – Saturday 24 May 2003)
The acclaimed Paul Taylor Dance Company is to embark on its first UK tour for nearly 25 years. The tour opens at Sadler’s Wells, London, on Tuesday 29 April and comes to an end at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on 24 May. The tour is the first of its kind to be produced by The Dance Consortium, a group of 17 large scale theatres who have come together to promote international dance companies in the UK. A list of members is attached.
Paul Taylor ranks alongside Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and George Balanchine as one of the world’s most distinguished dance-makers. Since establishing his company in 1954, he has been entertaining audiences around the world with his hugely varied repertoire. During the course of the UK tour the company will be performing six pieces, including the world premiere of In the Beginning (London only). The pieces being performed are:
Company B (music: songs by the Andrew Sisters, costumes: Santo Loquasto, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
In the Beginning (music: Carl Orff, costumes: Santo Loquasto, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
Offenbach Overtures (music: Jacques Offenbach, costumes: Santa Loquasto, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
Promethean Fire (music: Johann Sebastian Bach, costumes: Santo Loquasto, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
Roses (music: Richard Wagner & Heinrich Baermann, costumes: William Ivey Long, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
The Word (music: David Israel, costumes: Santo Loquasto, lighting: Jennifer Tipton)
A tour schedule with details of which pieces are being performed where is attached.
To increase British dance audience’s knowledge of international dance, the Dance Consortium has created a website - www.WorldWideDanceUK.com – which is edited by Allen Robertson and Donald Hutera. The site is a new and exciting development for international dance in the UK, presenting a considerable amount of information about Paul Taylor Dance Company in particular and international dance in general, in an innovative, interactive and ‘real time’ way. The site has been made possible with funding from Arts Council England and the Arts Council of Scotland. The tour is supported by Arts Council England.
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<small>Paul Taylor Dance Company in Promethean Fire; Photo by Lois Greenfield from the excellent
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TOUR SCHEDULE UK TOUR 2003:
Tue 29 – Sat 3 May LONDON Sadler’s Wells
Eves 7.30pm, Sat Mat 2.30pm Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Tickets £8 - £35 Box Office: 020 7863 8000
Programme 1: In the Beginning, Company B, Promethean Fire
Programme 2: Roses, The Word, Offenbach Overtures
www.sadlerswells.com Tue 6 & Wed 7 May HIGH WYCOMBE Swan Theatre
7.30pm St Mary Street, High Wycombe HP11 2XE
Tickets £10 - £19.50 Box Office: 01494 512000
Programme: Roses, The Word, Company B
www.wycombeswan.co.uk Fri 9 & Sat 10 May BRIGHTON Dome
8.00pm,Special Family Mat (Sat) 2.30pm Church Street, Brighton BN1 1UE
Tickets £2.50 - £25 Box Office: 01273 709709
Programme: Offenbach Overtures, Company B, Promethean Fire
www.brighton-festival.org.uk Wed 14 May NORTHAMPTON Derngate
7.30pm Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP
Tickets £12.50 - £16.50 Box Office: 01604 624811
Programme: Offenbach Overtures, Company B, Promethean Fire
www.northamptontheatres.com Fri 16 & Sat 17 May NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal
Eves 7.30pm, Sat mat 2.30pm Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AG
Tickets £8.50 - £19.50 Box Office: 0870 905 5060
Programme: Roses, The Word, Company B
www.theatre-royal-newcastle.co.uk Tue 20 May SALFORD The Lowry
7.30pm Pier 8, Salford Quays, M5 2AZ
Tickets £10 - £18 Box Office: 0870 787 5790
Programme: Company B, The Word, Promethean Fire
www.thelowry.com Fri 23 & Sat 24 May EDINBURGH Festival Theatre
7.30pm 13/29 Nicolson St, Edinburgh EH8 9FT
Tickets £9 - £20 Box Office: 0131 529 6000
Friday’s Programme: Offenbach Overtures, The Word, Promethean Fire
Saturday’s Programme: Company B, Roses, Promethean Fire
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