Paul Taylor Dance Company - How Love Sounds: Antonín Dvořák's Nocturne In B major

Hope Boykin, Artistic Advisor for Dance Education at the Kennedy Center and longtime dancer for Alvin Ailey, breaks down the opening section of her world premiere work "How Love Sounds," performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company. In this exclusive peek Behind the Curtain, Boykin explores the choreographic elements set to Antonín Dvořák's romantic "Nocturne in B major, Op. 40" and reveals the creative inspiration behind this boundary-pushing work that celebrates the Paul Taylor Dance Company's 70th anniversary.

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