From: Robert Smythe <robertsmythe-AT-mumpuppet.org>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Puppet Dance! 
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:17:40 -0500


Sorry, but in the ad I saw in the times it was "la."

The rest is as follows, from the AP

Paul Taylor Premieres 'Le Grand Puppetier'

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP)--Paul Taylor's range and clarity of movement were on full 
display Tuesday night, as the celebrated choreographer presented almost 
50 years worth of dance at City Center.

There was, of course, a premiere: ``Le Grand Puppetier,'' danced to 
Stravinsky in a pianola version of the ``Petrushka'' ballet, about a 
puppet who comes to life. Taylor's narrative revolves around a 
power-hungry emperor, danced Tuesday by Richard Chen See.

Under the emperor's black scepter, all people become puppets, from his 
hapless subjects to his courtier, made effeminate and ridiculous by 
Robert Kleinendorst. Respite comes when the puppet, danced by Patrick 
Corbin, wrests the scepter from the emperor's grasp, and the emperor is 
made to do his people's bidding.

Soon enough, the puppet finds power too heavy a burden, discarding the 
staff to investigate his newfound humanity. The disgraced emperor 
slinks back on stage. As the curtain falls, Jennifer Tipton's lighting 
flashes and darkens dramatically, and the emperor thrusts his scepter 
skyward as his subjects cower in fear.

The dancing, as expected from Taylor, was exceptional. The company 
shifted through fluid patterns, disrupted both physically and 
aesthetically by Chen See, his black, militaristic outfit in contrast 
to the rest of Santo Loquasto's shiny satin costumes.

This darkness, however, never penetrated below the surface, leeching 
``Le Grand Puppetier'' of the impact it might have had if given a more 
sinister core.


Paul Taylor Dance Company presents three separate programs at City 
Center through March 12.

___

On the Net:

Paul Taylor Dance Company: www.paultaylor.org

City Center: www.citycenter.org

AP-NY-03-03-04 1709EST


On Mar 3, 2004, at 7:50 PM, NANCYSTAUB-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Actually, it's Le (masculine) Grand Puppetier (no such word as far as 
> I know)
>
> I am thinking of a new list for Steve Abrams to compile: Puppets in 
> Dance
>
> Petruschka, Pulcinella,  L'Enfant et Les Sortileges, Guignol 
> (Nikolais),
> LePage ballets, Genty, etc.
>
> Now Paul Taylor. Puppets are in.  I look forward to a review.
>
> Nancy
>
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