PRESS & REVIEWS
Reviews
2024
10th ANNIVERSARY NEW CHOREOGRAPHER GRANT CONCERT | Broadway World Feature
“I feel that this [grant] pushed me to create work professionally. I had to find time that worked with all my dancer schedule[s] and book spaces that were cost-efficient. It helped me to dive into a creative process and feel strong about my choices.” - Kayla Laufer, NCG Recipient/Choreographer
2023
“I like that the narrative of the story is encased somewhere where it could actually happen/maybe has happened. It made it more real and genuine.” - Audrey Webb, Audience
FACTORY|REFRACTORY ENCORE PERFORMANCES
“Where Factory|Refractory succeeds is in its homage to an era that was both decadent and tolerant, dark and light, and uniquely New York.” - Cecly Placenta
2023 ETD NEW CHOREOGRAPHER GRANT CONCERT
“ETD’s New Choreographer Grant is an important opportunity for emerging artists to gain that experience, and the four pieces presented in this year’s program highlight both the joys and challenges of being a beginner.” - Cecly Placenta
2022
FACTORY|REFRACTORY WORLD PREMIER | Broadway World Feature
“… it’s a more visceral experience being closer and seeing the bodies.” - Joel Mays
“ … this show REALLY helped me to rekindle my ‘why I dance’ soul.” - Johari Mayfield
2021
“Well Done, moody and affecting, engaging, inventive, and resourceful!” - Douglas Sills
“Eryc, BRAVO, and BRAVO to all the dancers, and participants who made Uncharted Territory happen!” - Ron Walker, Marta Heflin Foundation
“They each resonated with me so specifically with my year through all of this, [Eryc Taylor Dance] nailed it!” - Eric Gunhus
“LOVED it. The dancing, editing, music... everything is so fantastic.” - Kimberly Marcotte, Pentacle
CRITICALDANCE REVIEW OF UNCHARTED TERRITORY FILM PREMIERE
CRITICALDANCE | MARCH 2021
“Succinct visualization… universally applicable… clearly and powerfully delivered.”
“Cut to the chase. Eryc Taylor Dance’s Unchartered Territory: Dancers in Isolation is very good. The film is a succinct visualization of Covid-19’s impact on dancers, but it’s universally applicable, and its message is clearly and powerfully delivered. It’s scheduled to be available for streaming on demand through March 28, 2021. SEE IT…” - Jerry Hochman
2019
EARTH PREMIER AT BOTANIC GARDENS | Broadway World Review
“The attendees of all ages were utterly captivated throughout the multiple-part event. Of the manifold immersive dance and theatre events around NYC and beyond, setting EARTH in and amongst the beauty of nature served the intention of the piece most fully. Surrounded by the splendor and fragility of nature, the production's call to action took on a more visceral and immediate meaning that fostered a heartfelt desire to protect the natural wonders of our beautiful planet amongst the rapt onlookers.” - Cindy Sibilsky, BroadwayWorld
THE OFFERING PRESENTED AT DANCERS FOR GOOD | Broadway World Review
“…for Apuzzo, a deeply personal commissioned work by the choreographer Huffman described as "the other famous Taylor"--Eryc Taylor….With this he uses all of his Taylor (Eryc and Paul) training and truly takes flight, leaping and spreading his wingspan like a bird in flight, utterly free. With one last sudden boom he halts, open arms outstretched.” - Cindy Sibilsky, BroadwayWold
2018
CHAISE LUNG & CYCLES PRESENTED AT BOTANIC GARDENS | Broadway World Review
"...provocative, athletically-inclined choreographer" - Cindy Sibilsky, BroadwayWorld
2017
“Eryc Taylor Dance builds bridges, not walls” - Isabel Flores, La Prensa
“Skill, sweat, and sex appeal make this a must-see." - Scott Stiffler, ChelseaNOW
“Pass MiMA, on W42nd Street, and you’d assume it was just another residential high-rise. But enter its glossy lobby, take the elevator, follow a meandering corridor, and you find yourself in the mother ship of a contemporary dance company with its heart in the community.” - Ruth Walker, W42ST
YUTICA BAILA REVIEW OF CHAISE LUNG, CYCLES, THE BOX, AND THE MISSING PRESENTED IN YUCATAN, MEXICO, DURING THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT GARDE FESTIVAL.
YUTICA BAILA | NOVEMBER 2017
“In the case of Eryc Taylor Dance, they transmit to us a concern for the inner life, for the way people come into contact with others, for the beauty of the encounters, for the anguish that the absent awakens in us.” - Valentine Boeta
CONFABULARIO REVIEW OF CHAISE LUNG, CYCLES, THE BOX, THE MISSING, AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS PRESENTED AND OFFERED IN YUCATAN, MEXICO, DURING THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT GARDE FESTIVAL.
2016
CONFABULARIO | DECEMBER 2017
“Eryc Taylor Dance dancers enjoy the freedom to develop a personal way of moving, exploring their temperament, enhancing their personality and putting their life experiences at stake.” - Juan Hernandez
2015
“(An) intimate and epic hour, which left the performance area speckled with sweat from an absurdly well-conditioned quartet whose interlocking limbs, twists, leaps, and general displays of intensity elicited gasps of awe (and, by evening’s end, a standing ovation).” - Scott Stiffler, ChelseaNOW
“Something rarely achieved by choreographers in this world.” - La Jornada Maya
“STUNNING”- Gazelle Paulo, FreakChic
THEATER SCENE REVIEW OF THE EXHIBIT
STAGE BUDDY REVIEW OF THE EXHIBIT
CONFABULARIO REVIEW OF ETD COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCE IN YUCATAN, MEXICO, DURING THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT GARDE FESTIVAL.
DANCE ENTHUSIAST | MARCH 2023
MOTION BY DEGREES | MAY 2023
2014
HUFF POST REVIEW
OBERON’S GROVE REVIEW OF ETD AT JOYCE SOHO
CONFABULARIO | OCTOBER 2016
“In this sense, the New York company is nothing but exceptional because while it requires its members to be versatile, flawless and have virtuous technical training, they are also able to adapt to alternative spaces and take creative risks.” - Juan Hernandez
“The choreographies seek to find, explore, and execute new points of view and combine styles of dance inside and outside the norm.” - DanzarevistaMX
iDANZE TODAY ETD AT JOYCE SOHO
THEATER SCENE | OCTOBER 2015
“It’s easy to see the appeal of his work which is sexy, exhibitionist, vaguely mysterious and undemanding to the eye or mind. Mr. Taylor clearly has a vision and philosophy and sticks with it.” - Joel Benjamin
STAGE BUDDY | OCTOBER 2015
“Taylor’s movement is viscous—not quite solid and not quite liquid.” - Melanie Brown
HUFF POST | MARCH 2014
“This constant tension, creates a visually exciting language between the dancers. And for the audience, a tantalizing mystery.” - Chuck Gomez
2010
MUST BE DANCE REVIEW OF ETD AT JOYCE SOHO
MUST BE DANCE | NOVEMBER 2010
“These raw, brutally honest pieces reveal the dancers’ inner psyches and underlying impulses through structures inspired by the beauty of the human form in motion.” - MustBeDance
OBERON’S GROVE | NOVEMBER 2010
“Eryc wisely does not belabour his point: with each short work you don't find yourself saying "Will this never end?" but rather thinking each piece could be even longer.” - Oberon
iDANZE TODAY | NOVEMBER 2010
“Excitement, Grace, Power, Beauty; This is a company to watch.” - Devin Pullins
ERYC TAYLOR DANCE TO PREMIERE UNCHARTED TERRITORY: DANCERS IN ISOLATION — ONLINE
LA DANCE CHRONICLE | MARCH 2021
“New York City based Eryc Taylor Dance has just announced the premiere of Uncharted Territory: Dancers in Isolation, with an introduction by former New York City Ballet member and Tony Award nominated Robbie Fairchild. The film will premiere on YouTube live on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 6pm EDT (3pm PDT)…”
UNCHARTED TERRITORY:
ERYC TAYLOR DANCE'S DANCERS
IN ISOLATION PROJECT
BROADWAY WORLD FEATURE | MAY 20, 2020
“Crushed by the closing of all arts engagements due to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Eryc Taylor -- Artistic Director of Eryc Taylor Dance (ETD) has conceived a challenge for his dancers to keep the creative flame burning during these times of isolation and uncertainty.”
WNET ALL ARTS:
CLIMATE ARTIST SERIES
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN | JULY 16TH, 2019, DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
“Have you ever seen a dance like this? “EARTH” from Eryc Taylor Dance, Inc. condenses billions of years into a fluid, artistic idea about our warming world.”
DANCERS FOR GOOD BENEFIT FOR THE ACTORS FUND AT GUILD HALL EAST HAMPTON
BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW | JULY 2018
"A benefit in the summer in East Hampton may hardly seem newsworthy, for the season is overloaded with cocktails or dinner under tents where everyone gets dressed to the nines and opens up their hearts (and wallets) to one worthy cause or another. But amongst the plethora of glitzy galas stands one glittering crown-jewel -- Dancers For Good....Where else could one see heavyweights like Paul Taylor and Martha Graham Dance Companies and discover new favorites such as Eryc Taylor Dance or Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company all under one roof? It's as if you subscribed to an a la carte tasting from the Joyce Theater, City Center, BAM and Lincoln Center all in one evening and knew the tickets would aid in the performers' continued well-being."
BRYANT PARK CONTEMPORARY DANCE PROGRAM AT BRYANT PARK
BROADWAY WORLD REVIEW | JUNE 27, 2018
"The first installation of the Contemporary Dance Series, curated by Tiffany Rea-Fisher (which runs Fridays from June 22-July 20 at 6pm) kicked-off with a strong start on the debut evening with performances from Harlem School of the Arts, AThomasProject, Eryc Taylor Dance and Graham 2..."
ERYC TAYLOR DANCE IN MEXICO WORKSHOPS. OUTREACH. IMPACT.
THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST | FEBRUARY 7, 2018
On His Company's Third Tour to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Eryc Reflects on His Work and Plans to Return: Eryc Taylor and company members Nicole Baker, Chris Bell, Taylor Ennen, AJ Guevara, and Alex Tenreiro Theis traveled to Chocholá and Mérida in Yucatán, Mexico this past November — their third tour to the country. Their program in Chocholá included free public concerts, workshops for professional dancers, and movement expression workshops for young survivors of violence, mistreatment, and abuse. In Mérida, ETD hosted outreach movement workshops with young residents from Refugio Casa Crisal AC, an orphanage for girls. The tour concluded with a show at the International Dance Festival Avant Garde at Teatro José Peón Contreras.
A POSTCARD FROM ERYC TAYLOR
DANCE ENTHUSIAST | OCTOBER 9, 2017
Chaise Lung is a dark comedy tango piece I choreographed in collaboration with chorographer Laura Peterson and performed in 1992 at the The Kunsthaus Tacheles in East Berlin, Germany. The revival of Chaise Lung makes it the oldest piece in ETD repertory and coincidentally, the most difficult to re-stage, choreograph, set, and rehearse.
Last year, while doing some dreaded spring cleaning, I happened to find an old, dusty VHS tape supposedly containing the original performance of Chaise Lung, at the Kunsthaus Tacheles. Fast forward a month (and a film store visit) and I found myself watching the salvaged performance, complete with white noise and reverb like a true VHS recording should be from 1992...
ERYC TAYLOR: MUSIC FOR CONTEMPORARY
DANCE TEACHER | OCTOBER 1, 2017
The founder and artistic director of Eryc Taylor Dance not only choreographs for and directs the company he started 11 years ago, he also works with composer to create original music. "I try not to use prerecorded music anymore," says Taylor. "All the music is from the original composers." From classical to electronic, he's collaborated with composer Gerald Busby, who created music for Paul Taylor's Runes (1975), and with London-based electronic DJ Swarm Intelligence on a new piece, Cycles.
ERYC TAYLOR DANCE EXPANDS OUTREACH PROGRAMS, OFFERING HEALING AND MORE
BROADWAY WORLD | JULY 7, 2017
Eryc Taylor Dance (ETD), Eryc Taylor, Artistic Director, announced today an expansion of the company's ETD OUTREACH PROGRAM Movement Expression Workshops, which assist chemotherapy patients, individuals in supportive housing and organizations offering integrated behavioral health care and support services. The Workshop programs use dance as a tool to inspire, heal, and build communities, while serving to improve participants' physical and mental health...
THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM PROVES THAT DANCE IS A POWERFUL HEALING TOOL
DANCE MAGAZINE | JUNE 1, 2017
Eryc Taylor, director of Eryc Taylor Dance, began a movement workshop at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health four years ago. From there, his outreach work has grown exponentially: his company now leads 17 workshops a week all across New York City, working with mental health patients, people living in supportive housing, chemotherapy patients and addicts. The dancers have even traveled to Mexico, where they led workshops with orphans who've been abused...
ERYC TAYLOR DANCE TO PERFORM AT DANCERS FOR GOOD BENEFIT SHOW
DANCE TEACHER | MAY 17, 2017
Eryc Taylor Dance (ETD) will perform at the Dancers for Good benefit performance in East Hampton on June 3. Actress, singer and dancer Bebe Neuwirth will host the 2017 fundraiser that will benefit The Actors Fund, The Dancers' Resource/Career Transition For Dancers and the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation. Dancers for Good was created in 2016 to raise funds in support of the arts and the local community...
MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE
W42ST MAGAZINE
Basements, brownstones, luxury buildings – inside, an army of creative New Yorkers working their asses off chasing the dream. Pass MiMA, on W42nd Street, and you’d assume it was just another residential high-rise. But enter its glossy lobby, take the elevator, follow a meandering corridor, and you find yourself in the mother ship of a contemporary dance company with its heart in the community...
