(481) Robert Battle, resident choreographer at Paul Taylor Dance Company

About this episode

Choreographer Robert Battle discusses his journey and recent role as resident choreographer at Paul Taylor Dance Company.

On today's episode of "Conversations On Dance" we are joined by choreographer Robert Battle. Robert tells us about how he started a company to push his own choreographic work, what it was like to become the third director in the history of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and how he's just begun to explore his recent post as resident choreographer of Paul Taylor Dance Company. To see Robert's latest work for Paul Taylor on tour visit  paultaylordance.org/performances . Listen to Conversations on Dance ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/conversationsondance LINKS: Website: conversationsondancepod.com Instagram: @conversationsondance COD Merch Listen to COD on YouTube Join our email list Sponsorship information Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Robert Battle

Topics covered

• choreography
• dance
• Paul Taylor Dance Company
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Keywords

• choreographic work
• dance theater
• performance

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Paul Taylor Dance Company

Books & works: Conversations On Dance, COD

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