“Tracer,” a work by modern dance icon Paul Taylor was reconstructed at UNC Charlotte in 2016, will be performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company in its upcoming Joyce Theater season at the famed New York City theater on June 15, 17 and 18.
In 2015, Kim Jones, associate professor of dance, began the process of bringing “Tracer” back to life, a work that had not been seen for more than 50 years. Taylor choreographed “Tracer,” his 29th work, in 1962, and it premiered that year in Paris. It is one of 13 dances that he created with the great American artist Robert Rauschenberg.
During an extensive collaborative research process that culminated in a residency at UNC Charlotte, Jones worked with dancers of the Taylor 2 Dance Company, who premiered the reconstructed “Tracer” at UNC Charlotte on Sept. 30, 2016 – its first performance since 1964. Read about the reconstruction process in The New York Times.