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A Quarreling Pair
A Quarreling Pair - How do we human beings live together? How do we
co-exist with others who may be close to us, yet so very different from
ourselves? How do we live with those not only in our own household, but in
our neighborhood, our city, our country and our ever-fracturing planet?
The nature of co-habitation against all odds is at the heart of A Quarreling Pair, in which Bill T. Jones explores the dualities between any two people and the struggle to co-habitate and to live together against all odds.
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Another Evening: I Bow Down
In Another Evening: I Bow Down, Bill T. Jones reveals how personal stories and historical events converge, in an examination of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of disaster. Known for taking risks on stage, Bill T. Jones continues to push the boundaries of modern dance through unconventional collaborations in the latest incarnation of his evolving Another Evening series.
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Another Evening: Venice/Arsenale
As I Was Saying...
Celebrated as a masterful and magnetic soloist,
Bill T. Jones, building on the success of his last solo work, The Breathing Show (1999), creates an eclectic new evening-length production: As I Was Saying… Comprised from three different works, it typifies Jones' characteristic blend of wit and poignancy.
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Black Suzanne
Black Suzanne (2002) choreographed by Bill T. Jones
first performed Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA
Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, Opus 11 by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Blind Date
In the hands of choreographer Bill T. Jones, dance becomes an extraordinary tool for probing life's big questions and journeying toward understanding. In this new evening-length work, Blind Date explores patriotism, honor, sacrifice, and service to a cause larger than oneself-values all but lost in our modern world.
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Chapel/Chapter
Bill T. Jones sees Chapel/Chapter in its present form as the beginning of an investigation. As always, the work is proceeding from a set of questions. For Jones the lead question might be, "How can this event suggest the uneasy distance our mediatized era helps create between the passive observers which we are and the disturbing, sometimes incomprehensible 'news items' we encounter every day.
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Last Supper At Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land
Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land (1990) choreographed by Bill T. Jones
first performed at the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York
music by Julius Hemphill
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Still/Here
Still/Here explores and contemplates survival, life, and art through dance and music. Still/Here is a two-act, evening-length dance-theater piece (premiered 1994) with a visual score made from edited interviews with people who were or are facing life-threatening illnesses.
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The Phantom Project
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's 20th Anniversary Celebration, The Phantom Project, is the first of a multi-year effort. It is an attempt to come to grips with the daunting task of representing this Company's creative output over 20 plus years.
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About the Work
Made especially for the monumental Teatro alle Tese at the Venice Dance Biennial, this special production recombines movement fragments from the Company's past work with new inspirations to create a unique site-specific piece. The audience is invited to travel with the renowned Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company as they perform throughout the four rooms of Teatro alle Tese.
Conceived and Directed by Bill T. Jones
Choreography by Bill T. Jones with Janet Wong and members of the Company
Original Text by Bill T. Jones
Music and Sound Design by Sam Crawford
Decor by Bjorn Amelan
Lighting by Laura Bickford
Costumes by the Company
Danced by:
Antonio Brown, Peter Chamberlin, Talli Jackson, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, LaMichael Leonard Jr., I-Ling Liu, Paul Matteson, Erick Montes, and Jennifer Nugent
Music Performed by:
Sam Crawford
Another Evening:Venice/Arsenale is made possible with lead support from the Company's commissioning program, "Partners in Creation," which include the following donors: the Argosy Foundation, Abigail Congdon and Joe Azrack, Anne Delaney, Eleanor Friedman, Barbara and Eric Dobkin, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Ellen Poss, Marcia Radosevich, and Carol H. Tolan.
