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New Paul Taylor Work to Premiere at Vail International Dance Festival

The latest new work by Paul Taylor, 82, the modern dance choreographer, will see the light of day in Colorado. The Vail International Dance Festival said on Thursday that Mr. Taylor’s 139th work - so far unnamed and performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company â€" will have its premiere on Aug. 5 at the festival, which runs from July 28 through Aug. 10 in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colo. Larry Keigwin, Brian Brooks and Charles “Lil Buck” Riley are other choreographers who will have new pieces on the program, the festival said.

The festival, which is celebrating its 25th-anniversary season and is led by Damian Woetzel, will also feature Pacific Northwest Ballet, an evening of dances by George Balanchine, the New York City Ballet dancers Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild, the Russian dancer Sergei Polunin, the Taiwanese dancer Fang-Yi Sheu and the tango masterGabriel Misse from Argentina. Tickets will go on sale on Mar. 13.