Upcoming Events
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only opens on the West End in London: at the Arts Theater, June 24. It is scheduled to run there through the end of September 2008, so if you’re in London this summer, be sure to check it out!
Mahagonny at Tanglewood: Under the Baton of James Levine, Stage Direction and Design by Doug Fitch with lighting by yours truly, this is going to be a wonderful production at Tanglewood in the Berkshires. August 9 - 11, 2008
Ongoing Events
Karole Armitage GONE! Dance
Company, domestic and
international touring
schedule
Elisa Monte Dance, domestic and
international touring
schedule
Luna Negra Dance, domestic and international touring schedule
Philadanco, domestic and international touring schedule
Biography
Clifton Taylor has created lighting, projection and scenic designs for theater, dance and opera companies around the world. Broadway credits include: “Jay Johnson: The Two and Only” (Ovation Award & LA Drama Critics Circle Nomination), "Frozen" (Lortel Nomination), “Hot Feet,” (Henry Hewes Nomination). Recent Off-Broadway credits include: The Big Voice: God or Merman?, Scattergood, Endgame, The Streets of New York, Last Easter. Other credits include many shows at Houston’s Alley Theater, the Tanglewood Music Center, Opera de Lorraine et Nancy (Chatelet Theater, Paris), New York City Opera/National Company, the American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco), the Dallas Theater Center, the Cleveland Playhouse (resident lighting designer), the Irish Repertory Theater (NY) and New York’s MCC Theater.
His work can be seen in the repertories of the Rambert Dance Company (London), American Ballet Theatre (NY), the San Francisco Ballet, the Scottish National Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ballet de Lorraine (Nancy, France), Ballet Jazz de Montreal, the San Francisco Ballet, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (NY), Maggio Danza (Florence, Italy), Sardono Dance Theatre (Indonesia), and the Ballet Company of Rio de Janeiro among many others. Other work includes numerous projects at New York’s Asia Society, a lab for new work by Asian artists; the landmark US tour of Cambodian dance theatre by the Royal Cambodian Ballet: Dance: The Spirit of Cambodia; and new works for Lar Lubovitch, Elisa Monte and Jacqulyn Buglisi, three choreographers who have named Mr. Taylor ‘Resident Designer’ at their companies. Other recent collaborators include: Karole Armitage, Lila York, Helgi Thomasson, Trey Macintyre, and Farruquito. Since 1995, he has also designed for the Juilliard School's Dance Division, premiering many works there that have become a part of the standard repertory at dance companies around the world, and starting with the 2008/2009 academic year, Mr. Taylor has been named to the faculty in the dance division teaching design for dancers.
His designs have been featured at the world's major arts festivals including the Venice Bienalle, Vienna Festival, New Crowned Hope, Jacob's Pillow, Singapore's Festival of Asian Arts, Arts Summit/Jakarta, the Hong Kong Festival, the Istanbul Festival, the Hamburg Summer Festival, The Lincoln Center Festival and BAM/Next Wave.
In addition, Mr. Taylor is a sought after teacher and lecturer on theatrical lighting and projection design. He is currently on the Faculty of the Juilliard School in New York City. In 2002 he was awarded a grant from the Asian Cultural Council to develop and teach a course in design for the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 2003, he led a master class for Indonesian theatrical designers in Solo, Indonesia. With Beverly Emmons, he has taught at New York’s Broadway Lighting Master Class since 1997. In addition, he has guest lectured throughout the US at major universities and professional conferences. Mr. Taylor was educated at New York University and resides in New York City with his family.
Lighting, Scenic & Projection
Design for Broadway,
Dance, Opera &
Corporate Presentations
Karole Armitage’s “Ligeti Essays”
