Catch the Paul Taylor Dance Company on PBS Tonight

May 2, 2013


Michael Trusnovec and Laura Halzac in “Beloved Renegade” (photo by Tom Caravaglia)

You already know how much we’re inspired by Paul Taylor. But if you couldn’t catch the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s NYC season this year, never fear: You didn’t miss your chance to enter inspiration station. In fact, PTDC is about to come right to your living room.

Tonight at 9 pm EST, PBS will broadcast a recording of one of the company’s performances at the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris. It’s a great program, too: We kick things off with Brandenburgs, an elegant pure-dance piece set to excerpts from Bach’s famous Brandenburg concertos, and then conclude on a thoughtful note with Beloved Renegade, set to Francis Poulenc’s Gloria and inspired by the life and work of poet Walt Whitman. Beloved Renegade is one of my all-time favorite Taylor works—not least because it features the mysterious, magnetic duo Michael Trusnovec and Laura Halzack in its leading roles.

Take a peek at the two works in the trailer below—then click here to find out more about the program.