Columbia School of General Studies invites you to an exciting evening with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
*Guests will enjoy access to the upstairs Patron's Lounge during the two intermissions. Complimentary drinks and snacks will be served.
Artistic Director Michael Novak '09GS invites alumni, students, and guests to Lincoln Center for an evening of breathtaking performances by the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
We look forward to enjoying a beautiful evening of music and dance with you!
Questions? Contact gsalumni@columbia.edu.
About the PTDC:
The Paul Taylor Dance Company has been transforming the landscape of modern dance since 1954.
Since its earliest days, the company has toured to venues throughout the United States and around the globe, from college campuses and rural towns to the world’s leading opera houses and performing arts centers. The Company has performed in more than 600 cities in sixty-six countries, including landmark tours and engagements in North and South America, China and the Far East, Great Britain, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, India, and the Middle East.
About Michael Novak '09GS:
Michael Novak became the second Artistic Director in the history of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation in September 2018, having been chosen by Mr. Taylor to succeed him upon his death.
A critically acclaimed Taylor dancer from 2010 to 2019, Novak earned a nomination for the Clive Barnes Foundation Dance Award for his debut season. He performed in fifty Taylor dances and had roles made on him in thirteen of those dances, and performed in several works by Taylor-commissioned choreographers. Under Novak’s direction, the Paul Taylor Dance Company continues to be one of the world’s premier dance companies, with robust domestic and international touring; an ever-expanding repertory that includes the Taylor canon, historical masterpieces, and works he commissions; and an annual engagement at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Novak is an alumnus of Columbia University’s School of General Studies, where he received his BA in dance magna cum laude with Departmental Honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was the Keynote Speaker for the Class of 2020. He serves as a member of the GS Board of Visitors.
