The choreographer Paul Taylor will receive a lifetime achievement Bessie, the nickname for the New York Dance and Performance Awards, Dance/NYC, which helps produce the award ceremony, said on Tuesday. Alice Teirstein, the founding director of the Young Dancemakers Company and a longtime faculty member at the Fieldston School, will be honored for service to the dance field. The ceremony will be held on Oct. 15 at the Apollo Theater, hosted by Elizabeth Streb and featuring performances by the Trisha Brown Company and Souleymane Badolo. Presenters include Marina Abramovic, Ron Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Archie Burnett, Bebe Neuwirth, Charles Reinhart, David Thomson, and Wendy Whelan.
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