A documentary following the choreographer airs nationwide. “I’m trying to feel my way into making nothing—into something,” says Bill T. Jones to his dancers, with characteristic conviction, during a stirring scene in the new documentary A Good Man. The PBS American Masters co-production, which airs nationally Nov. 11, follows the groundbreaking choreographer through […]
New York Live Arts, NYC September 16–25, 2011 Performances reviewed: Sep. 16, 17 Photo: Paul Matteson and Jennifer Nugent in Valley Cottage. Photo by Julieta Cervantes, Courtesy NYLA. The inaugural event of New York Live Arts (the merger of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Dance Theater Workshop) sets the bar […]
All of a sudden Bill T. Jones and Carla Peterson look like they’ve been hanging out together for years. Carla, on the one hand, the latest beacon of Dance Theater Workshop, champion of current dance in all its untidy and/or international forms; Bill T., the experimental artist who has made forays into Broadway and is […]
What a contrast! Last night I saw Bausch’s piece Nelken from 1982 and tonight Bill T’s Fondly Do We Hope. I’m in Lyon at the Biennale de la danse, a month-long festival. Her piece sometimes put the audience in a deliciously giddy state. Her connection to childhood is so […]
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Audiorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy September 16–19, 2004 Reviewed by Sima Belmar The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, scheduled in an outdoor venue, opened the Romaeuropa Festival two days late due to torrential rains. The audience, which entered the space to find Jones and the dancers […]
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company performed with the Orion String Quartet. Richard Termine, courtesy Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Alice Tully Hall New York, New York January 31?February 3, 2002 Reviewed by Albert Lee By coincidence, or perhaps divine design, Bill T. Jones turned 50 shortly after premiering three […]
It was clear to anyone who saw David Alvarez in the musical Billy Elliot more than a decade ago that there was something remarkable about this teenager debuting on Broadway. Even at 14, he had a gravitas beyond his years. His dancing was both expressive and explosive—it said something about the character’s inner life, and […]
Bill T. Jones has a new honor to add to his collection: A 2013 National Medal of Arts. President Barack Obama will present the award to Jones and this year’s 11 other recipients in a ceremony at the White House on Monday—you can catch the live stream at 3 pm EST on WH.gov/live. The […]
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