Lynne Aileen Taylor-Corbett was an American choreographer, director, lyricist and composer.
14 Facts About Lynne Taylor-Corbett
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett was born in Denver, Colorado on December 2,1946.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett grew up in the area and attended Littleton High School.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett gained her first exposure to dance through her mother, a pianist for ballet classes.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett danced and choreographed for a small ensemble, The Dance Theatre Collection, where her work garnered enough attention to draw increasingly prestigious commissions through the 1970s and into the 1980s, including from Mikhail Baryshnikov during his tenure as artistic director at American Ballet Theatre.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett worked in theatre and film, and choreographed for dance companies, both ballet and modern, and was the principal guest choreographer for Carolina Ballet.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett choreographed the dance Great Galloping Gottschalk for the American Ballet Theatre, which premiered the work in Miami in January 1982.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett worked with the company extensively for 10 years and developed deep knowledge of the strengths of the Carolina Ballet dancers.
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In North Carolina, Lynne Taylor-Corbett was most recognized for her lively crowd pleasing "Carolina Jamboree", featuring music by the Red Clay Ramblers, a North Carolinian blue grass band.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett wanted local music to be the soul of her work in Carolina Jamboree and this is clearly presented by having the live band elevated on stage with the dancers.
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The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society announced that Lynne Taylor-Corbett is the recipient of the 2008 Joseph A Callaway Award for excellence in stage directing and choreography.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett was married to Michael Corbett, and divorced in 1983.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett has appeared in the off-Broadway show Altar Boyz, and in the production of In The Heights on Broadway.
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Lynne Taylor-Corbett died of breast cancer at a hospital in Rockville Centre, New York on January 12,2025, at the age of 78.