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Article: Patrick Corbin: life after ballet; the former hippie at the School of American Ballet finds the grass is greener at Paul Taylor Dance Company. (Cover Story)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- June 1, 1994
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The former hippie at the School of American ballet finds the grass is greener at Paul Taylor Dance Company.
All eyes are on Patrick Corbin, whose solo leads off Paul Taylor's A Field of Grass, a pungent evocation of the hippie sixties. As the curtain rises Corbin's character is sitting cross-legged, not only in grass but most likely on it.
To the strains of "Mother Nature's Son," one of a string of Harry Nilsson songs, Corbin, clad in the era's obligatory denim, rises, turns, and accelerates in widening circles. His arms are wide, his palms are up, his head is back. His ecstasy is contagious, creating widening circles of Corbin fans.
He's more ...
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Article: Paul Taylor Opens New Season
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... ... 0000 Dateline: NEW YORK Paul Taylor makes his audience swoon ... welcome back for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, which ... veteran dancer Patrick Corbin leaping, in fatigues ... kooky courtship between Corbin and Viola that had the ...
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