That’s why he chose Taylor’s 1988 workas one of the three pieces the company will be performing this weekend at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts as part of Penn Live Arts.
De Jesús “has an uncanny ability to create very surreal and beautiful and haunting worlds on stage,” Novak said. “...And I was very interested in seeing how that how that could marry with the personality and the expression of the Taylor company.”, set to a rehearsal version of the Stravinsky score, arranged for two pianos.
“I’m very much interested in building long term sustainable relationships with choreographers and designers, just like Paul had with Robert Rauschenberg, and Alex Katz... We are galvanized ... we’re continuing to do what we’ve always done, which is push the art form forward,” he said.Cuban contemporary troupe Malpaso Dance Company will open the season in October.