Body Against Body
About the Work
Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane shared a home, a dance company, and a dynamic choreographic process for 17 years. The epic dance/theater evenings Jones now creates trace their roots to the integration of differing styles, sensibilities, and racial/ethnic origins that defined Jones and Zane's adventurous and celebrated partnership.
Body Against Body revives and reconsiders the duets and solos that launched Jones and Zane on the downtown dance scene of the early '80s and redefined the dance landscape of the day.
These pieces remain some of the most significant examples of postmodern performance. Both physically and conceptually rigorous, they challenge performer and viewer through their notions of task-based movement and non-narrative structure.
Not seen since their original performances, A Study for Valley Cottage and Holzer Duet. Truisms are planned for this energetic program, along with new projected video by Janet Wong that introduces the works and provides context through historical footage of the original performances, interviews, and Jones' remarks.
