miliosr Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I missed this last week: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/realesta...1&ref=dance I hope he puts the final amount he receives in a longterm investment fund rather than using it for shortterm operations! Link to comment
Petra Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 It's interesting to compare Taylor's situation to that of Annie Leibowitz. Both of them are the figureheads of their respective 'brands', but Leibowitz seems to have refused to assume any personal responsibility for the financial well-being of her business, whereas Taylor is ceding his personal wealth to the benefit of his organisation. Link to comment
LiLing Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 It's interesting to compare Taylor's situation to that of Annie Leibowitz. And to that of Merce Cunningham. From Alma Guillermoprieto's piece in The New Yorker: .........".his home, a top-floor loft on one of the noisier stretches of Sixth Avenue. I had never been there, and it took me a few minutes to take in the spectacular shabbiness of the place,.............It turned out that Merce, the greatest living creator of dance beauty and contemporary fusions of art forms, the inspiration to artists around the world, did not even own his own home." It sounds sad out of context, but she goes on to say, "There was no pathos in this discovery...............There was no discipline or self-denial involved in his neglect of his surroundings, just the carelessness of someone who woke up every morning, every day of his long, productive life, focussed on nothing but making the best dance possible that day." Link to comment
miliosr Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 More Paul Taylor housing news: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/magazine....html?ref=dance His response to question #3 is the best . . . Link to comment
Farrell Fan Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I stopped reading the NY Times Magazine years ago because most of the articles in it annoyed me, but this one is wonderful. Maybe I should check it out more often. Link to comment
Jack Reed Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Never mind the NY Times Magazine, read BalletTalk! Agreed, the interview is taking, especially to some one who heard his company manager, John Tomlinson, talk about him pre-performance just the other evening. (I'll try to get my notes up on another thread in this forum.) Link to comment
Old Fashioned Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I found this very amusing. I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Taylor at his Long Island home, and I think the pictures and his answers describe him perfectly. He was at odds with what I had imagined a choreographer would be like. He seems to care little for dance and yet he continues to sacrifice so much for his company... Link to comment
dirac Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yes, this was a great feature. I'd recommend finding a hard copy - the photos accompanying the text are wonderful, too. Link to comment
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