Paul Taylor, a Giant of Modern Dance, Is Dead at 88.

'Paul Taylor, who brought a lyrical musicality, capacity for joy and wide poetic imagination to modern dance over six decades as one of its greatest choreographers, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 88.

Lisa Labrado, a spokeswoman for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, said the cause was renal failure.

Mr. Taylor, whose highly diverse style was born in radical experimentalism in the 1950s, created poignant and exuberant works that entered the repertoire of numerous dance companies. His own company, eloquent and athletic, has been one of the world’s superlative troupes.

As a strikingly gifted dancer in his 20s, Mr. Taylor created roles for the master choreographers Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham and George Balanchine. He had all-American good looks, with piercingly blue eyes, the power and musculature of a skilled athlete and an incisive, outgoing — but also elusive — personality. He continued dancing leading roles into the early 1970s, concentrating on choreography after that.'>>>

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