On June 14, 2025, at an audition held on the newly opened Taylor Dance West studios in New York Metropolis, Creative Director Michael Novak chosen three dancers from a pool of 90 male candidates to affix the Paul Taylor Dance Firm. Caleb Mansor, Patrick Gamble, and Yuniel Betancourt will make their Firm debuts at The Traditional Heart Theatre in Athens, Georgia, on September 19, 2025. Supporting Mr. Novak throughout the audition have 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 underneath the creative course 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 started coaching at age 5 in The Ailey College’s Junior Division. He danced with Ailey II for 3 seasons. Just lately, he was within the last solid 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 Night time Stay, Gossip Lady, and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness. As a mannequin, he has been revealed in Vogue Italia, ID journal, Buzzfeed Picture, The New York Instances, and in campaigns for O.Studio.Design, Salomon, and David’s Highway. 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 season applications at Hubbard Road 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 business world, performing in award reveals, music movies, and flash mob occasions. His choreography has been introduced 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 worldwide chief in dance, is headquartered in New York Metropolis with a global presence. Below Creative 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 function as an important useful resource in New York Metropolis, the epicenter of dance. Taylor Dance West affords various applications in dance, health, and schooling, aligning with the Firm’s mission to interact and encourage. The brand new headquarters fosters connections with broader, extra various audiences and serves as a inventive hub for artists.
In the meantime, the Taylor College continues to thrive on the Decrease East Aspect, coaching hundreds of scholars and group members. With three key places—Lincoln Heart for annual performances, Midtown for Firm creation and coaching, and the Decrease East Aspect for instruction and group 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 group.
