On June 14, 2025, at an audition held on the newly opened Taylor Dance West studios in New York Metropolis, Inventive Director Michael Novak chosen three dancers from a pool of 90 male candidates to hitch the Paul Taylor Dance Firm. Caleb Mansor, Patrick Gamble, and Yuniel Betancourt will make their Firm debuts at The Basic Heart Theatre in Athens, Georgia, on September 19, 2025. Supporting Mr. Novak throughout the audition had been Rehearsal Director Cathy McCann and Resident Choreographers Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, who collectively evaluated the expertise to welcome these new members to the Firm’s esteemed roster.
Caleb Mansor hails from Hatboro, Pennsylvania. He started coaching at age twelve at Metropolitan Ballet Academy and Firm in Jenkintown, PA, performing classical ballets and works by up to date choreographers. From 2022 to 2025, he danced with Nimbus Dance Works in Jersey Metropolis below the creative path of Samuel Pott. Mr. Mansor earned his BFA in Dance at George Mason College’s College of Dance, performing works by Lucinda Childs, Rafael Bonachela, Christopher d’Amboise, Hope Boykin, and Larry Keigwin.
Patrick Gamble grew up in Queens, NY, and commenced coaching at age 5 in The Ailey College’s Junior Division. He danced with Ailey II for 3 seasons. Lately, he was within the last forged of Punch Drunk’s Sleep No Extra. He has carried out works by Robert Battle, Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Hope Boykin, Baye and Asa, Andrea Miller, Rena Butler, Earl Mosley, and Francesca Harper, and has danced with Nona Hendryx, Mary J.Blige, and English conductor Simon Halsey. Mr. Gamble labored as a motion coordinator for Lincoln Heart’s Search For Spring. He was a swing actor on the haunted home, Home of Spirits, and later acted in Saturday Evening Dwell, Gossip Woman, and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness. As a mannequin, he has been printed in Vogue Italia, ID journal, Buzzfeed Photograph, The New York Occasions, and in campaigns for O.Studio.Design, Salomon, and David’s Street. Most lately, the motion directed Concern of God and Gamers Journal. Mr. Gamble graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program with a double main in Artwork Historical past.
Yuniel Betancourt, a local of Miami Florida, is a third-year pupil at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and is a Presidential Scholarship Recipient. Whereas coaching at New World College of the Arts, he was named a 2023 YoungArts Finalist and Silver Award Winner in choreography. He has additionally attended summer time packages at Hubbard Avenue Dance Chicago, Jacob’s Pillow, Gibney, and Gallim. He lately premiered a brand new creation by Aszure Barton at The Boston Conservatory. Mr. Betancourt has additionally labored within the industrial world, performing in award reveals, music movies, and flash mob occasions. His choreography has been offered in Miami, Boston, New Mexico, and Pittsburgh, and his most up-to-date piece premiered on the Conservatory this spring.
The Paul Taylor Dance Firm a world chief in dance, is headquartered in New York Metropolis with a world presence. Beneath Inventive Director Mr. Novak’s management for the previous seven years, the Firm has embraced daring innovation whereas staying true to its legacy of creativity and transformation. In January 2025, the Firm expanded with a brand new Midtown headquarters, Taylor Dance West, complementing its established downtown studios, Taylor Dance East. This growth strengthens its position as an important useful resource in New York Metropolis, the epicenter of dance. Taylor Dance West affords numerous packages in dance, health, and schooling, aligning with the Firm’s mission to have interaction and encourage. The brand new headquarters fosters connections with broader, extra numerous audiences and serves as a artistic hub for artists.
In the meantime, the Taylor College continues to thrive on the Decrease East Aspect, coaching 1000’s of scholars and neighborhood members. With three key places—Lincoln Heart for annual performances, Midtown for Firm creation and coaching, and the Decrease East Aspect for instruction and neighborhood outreach—the Paul Taylor Dance Firm realizes Mr. Novak’s imaginative and prescient of a number of areas to attach with audiences and the worldwide dance neighborhood.
