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Can You Bring It, a feature-length documentary about choreographer Bill T. Jones’ most well-known piece D-Man in the Waters, explores the history of the AIDS crisis and the transcending impact Jones’ work continues to have decades later. Jones created D-Man in the Waters in 1989 after the passing of his partner Arnie Zane and company member […]

“What are we desperate for?” Rosalynde LeBlanc stares at her cast of dancers waiting for an answer. It’s the final rehearsal for D-Man in the Waters. The first run of the piece showed the choreography but not the “why” of the movement. The dancers need to know, collectively, what makes the stakes so high. This […]

Editor’s note: The following interview was conducted by phone on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20, 2020. Eight weeks later, on March 17, New York Live Arts announced the cancellation of the premiere of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ‘ s Deep Blue Sea, originally scheduled to run April 14–25 at the Park Avenue […]

Bill T. Jones is one of the few choreographers who can weave together social consciousness with choreographic inventiveness. This is visible in all three parts of his Analogy Trilogy, a 6½-hour marathon that comes to NYU Skirball Center on Sept. 22 and 23. In this Trilogy, Jones goes beyond his own cultural identity. The first […]

When the news is filled with tragedy, turning to creative work can have a powerful effect on ourselves and our communities. This afternoon, the inimitable Bill T. Jones, a choreographer who is well known for his challenging dance pieces that tackle social issues head on, spoke on WNYC (New York City’s local NPR station) with […]

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY July 6, 2013 (right) A Rite, performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Dance Company   A sometimes testy question-and-answer session followed the local premiere of A Rite. Conceived by choreographer Bill T. Jones and theater director Ann Bogart, […]

Each Friday we search the Dance Magazine photo Archives for a striking image to share with you. This photo of Bill T. Jones jumping by Michael O’Neill is equal parts vulnerabilty and power. If you’re in California or Arizona and have never seen the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, now is your chance. Feb. […]

Peak Performances at Montclair The Alexander Kasser Theater Montclair, NJ January 21–29, 2012 Performance reviewed: Jan. 21 If Bill T. Jones were a poet, he would dedicate himself to the elegy. A passionate response to loss distinguishes this choreographer from the late John Cage, whose 1959 lecture Indeterminacy inspired Jones’ Story/Time.   In Story/Time, which […]