Paul Taylor

It was a full week.

And we were between the Royal Danish Ballet and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Well-

Oh, wow

... uh, Paul Taylor is probably one of the best dance companies imaginable.

Yeah, I heard about them, yeah.

So anyway, there we are.

Our guest today made the very gracious offer to do his interview so that we could drop this episode today, Monday, September 14th, in time for you to still buy tickets to Richmond Ballet's amazing season opener in the middle of the run.

We have with us today the stager for Paul Taylor's Company B, one of three incredible ballets you will be able to enjoy this coming weekend with shows this Thursday, September 17th, Friday, September 18th, and Sunday, September 20th.

Richard Chen See is a Jamaican-born dancer, stager, and educator renowned for his deep connection to the work of American modernist choreographer, Paul Taylor.

His primary role currently is licensing director for the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, where he oversees a core of Taylor alumni charged with staging Paul Taylor's dances.

Richard danced with the Paul Taylor Dance Company for 15 years, originating and performing over 40 roles in Paul Taylor's works.

Richard is here with us working with our incredible Richmond Ballet dancers to stage the Virginia premiere of Company B, one of three ballets performed for Richmond Ballet season opener, Moving Art I.

What a privilege it is to have him with us as my guest today on this special episode of Talking Shop.

You know, I started out as a dancer and I ended up with a performing career of over 30 years.