A Senior Dancer Is Leaving Paul Taylor Company

Amy Young, the senior female dancer of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, is leaving the troupe. She made her New York farewell at the end of Sunday’s performance, the last in the company’s New York season in March at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. 

Ms. Young’s final performance with the company will be at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Mass., during Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, Lisa Labrado, a spokeswoman for Paul Taylor confirmed Wednesday.  Ms. Young made her debut with the company at the Paris Opera House in January 2000. She has been featured in diverse roles in “De Sueños que se Repiten” (2008), “Beloved Renegade” (2008), “Brief Encounters” (2009) and “Three Dubious Memories” (2010).