The Dutch designer created a "living look" composed of 125 million bioluminescent algae, while other dresses drifted, ...

It feels significant, then, and like a step in the right direction, that this season Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, now directed by Michael Novak, dedicated a whole evening to remembering McKayle.

Her own troupe, founded in 2011, tends to blend contemporary dance and ballet, ... Your piece titled The Calling—one dancer in a gorgeous white dress—has an entirely different sensibility, right?

Paul Taylor has been redefining American modern dance for more than 40 years. His groundbreaking pieces and experiments in form have inspired generations of artists and earned him national honors.