Clifton Taylor

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Clifton Taylor (born 1963) is a theatrical Designer who is based in New York.

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Clifton Taylor, scenic and lighting designer for the theater has worked on Broadway, and in the spheres of Opera and Ballet throughout the world. His Broadway credits include: "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only" (2006), [1] "Frozen" (2004) [2] (Lucille Lortel Nomination), [3] "Hot Feet", (2006) [4] (Henry Hewes Nomination). Recent Off-Broadway credits include: "Freud's Last Session", [5] "On the Town" (City Center Encores!), [6] "Face the Music" (City Center Encores!), [7] "Anne of Green Gables" (Theatreworks USA / Lucille Lortel Theatre), "Scattergood", "Endgame", "The Streets of New York", "Last Easter". [8] Mr. Taylor collaborates with Giants Are Small on opera productions such as Le Grand Macabre by the New York Philharmonic. [9] [10]

In the world of dance, his designs have been commissioned by major companies around the world, including: American Ballet Theatre (New York), [11] the San Francisco Ballet, [12] the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (NY) [13] among many others. He is the resident designer for Karole Armitage Gone! Dance Company [14] & Elisa Monte Dance [15] and has been the Lighting Director for the "Fall for Dance Festival" at both New York City Center and at the Orange County Performing Arts Center since its inception in 2004. [16]

In addition, Mr. Taylor is a teacher and lecturer on theatrical lighting and projection design. Over the past decade, he has led master classes in Cambodia and in Indonesia, where he has ongoing relationships with several arts organizations and foundations. He currently is a professor of Lighting Design at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In addition, he has guest lectured throughout the United States at major universities and professional conferences. [17] He was the lighting consultant for "Teatro del Lago", the southernmost opera house in the world, in Frutillar, Chile. [18] Mr. Taylor was educated at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Clifton Taylor – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2009-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Clifton Taylor – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB".
  5. ↑ "Theater". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123456-A_Helluva_Town_Encores%21_Launches_New_Season_with_On_the_Town.html [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/106507-Casting_Complete_for_Encores!_Face_the_Music [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2009-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ Broadway World review of Le Grand Macabre
  10. ↑ Classical Source review of Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre - New York Philharmonic
  11. ↑ "Clifton Taylor - ABT". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  12. ↑ "Chi-Lin". chineseculture.about.com. Archived from the original on 2005-09-18.
  13. ↑ "Lighting Up the Stage".
  14. ↑ Dunning, Jennifer (5 March 2004). "DANCE REVIEW; Under Copper Stars, Ghosts in Leotards". The New York Times.
  15. ↑ "Voice of Dance - Dance Review: Elisa Monte Dance: Monte's Pigs and Fishes, Run to the Rock, Volkmann Suite, Slope of Enlightenment, Shattered". Archived from the original on 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  16. ↑ "Seen and Heard | Fall for Dance, a success in NYC moves on to Southern California | Oct 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  17. ↑ "Dark Night". www.archlighting.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07.
  18. ↑ "Teatro del Lago – Frutillar, Chile » English". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  19. ↑ "Peter Vincent and Clifton Taylor". The New York Times. 31 December 2006.
  20. ↑ "The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27.
  21. ↑ "BLMC Spotlight: Beverly Emmons and Clifton Taylor". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  22. ↑ "Undergraduate Lighting".
  23. ↑ Category:Asian Cultural Council grantees
  24. ↑ "Connecticut Critics Circle". Archived from the original on 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  25. ↑ "Lighting Designer Clifton Taylor Wins Knight Of Illumination Award In U.K."
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