At an audition attended by greater than 370 girls held on Might 10, Gabby Barnes and Emmy Wildermuth have been chosen by Creative Director Michael Novak to hitch the world-renowned Paul Taylor Dance Firm
Barnes is a dancer and Balanced Physique Comprehensively Licensed Pilates teacher, born and raised in Tampa, Florida. She started her dance coaching on the age of 4 and graduated from Florida State College’s Faculty of Dance with a BFA in Dance in 2021. She has carried out works choreographed by Paul Taylor, Norbert De La Cruz III, Merce Cunningham, Jawole Jo Willa Zollar, Donna Uchizono, David Parsons, Trey McIntyre, Francisco Graciano, David Grenke, Laura Halzack and extra. Barnes lately carried out with The Heraclitus Mission, Nanm: A Robenson Mathurin Dance Firm and Laura Halzack. She obtained a scholarship from the Taylor Faculty in 2022 and joined the Taylor Outreach Ensemble in 2023.
Wildermuth is from Littleton, Colorado, the place she started her dance coaching on the Belliston Academy of Ballet. She graduated summa cum laude from the College of Oklahoma with levels in Trendy Dance Efficiency and Skilled Writing in 2021. She has carried out works by famend artists resembling Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Jiří Kylián and Paul Taylor, in addition to internationally in Barcelona and Beijing. All through her skilled profession, Wildermuth carried out as an organization member with Kizuna Dance, rogue wave and NewBrese Dance Mission in New York, Atlanta, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Wildermuth has additionally created a set of works for stage and movie, introduced at festivals all through the nation below the collective identify dance.WILD. In 2023, she and her collaborator, Catherine Messina, based the unKEMpT Dance Competition, with a mission to offer efficiency alternatives for artists, no matter background or assets.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Gabby and Emmy to the Taylor Firm,” mentioned Novak. “They’re great artists… stuffed with energy, athleticism, grace, humility and integrity. I can’t wait for his or her personalities to deliver out new dimensions in Taylor’s repertory and see their contribution to our new century of dancemaking.”
Barnes and Wildermuth will make their debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Firm on the Chautauqua Establishment on July 14, 2024.
