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Dance review: Bill T. Jones' 'Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray'

LA Times

"...when the most prominent and perennially controversial black choreographer on the planet makes a full-evening work about Honest Abe and the link between the dangerous turbulence of his time and ours, head for the storm cellar."

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Upcoming Performances

Between Us
March 16, 2010
Teatro Ariosto
Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Serenade/The Proposition
March 17, 2010
Teatro Valli
Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Serenade/The Proposition
March 19, 2010
Teatro Nuovo Giovanni
Udine, Italy
0432.248418.11
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Serenade/The Proposition
March 25 & 26, 2010
Budapest Spring Festival
Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
Budapest, Hungary
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Bill's Blog

◊ Happy New Year!
January 6, 2010

...I quoted what the young Rabbi said at the memorial for Arnie Zane in April of 1988: "The day is long, the work is great, we're not obliged to finish the task, but neither are we allowed to ignore it." This was a condolence to family and friends as we honored a young, talented man whose life had abruptly ended.

Other Events

◊ Fela! on Broadway

Opening Night
Eugene O'Neil Theater
New York, NY
November 23, 2009
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◊ Digital Incarnate: The Body, Identity, and Interactive Media

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
February 8 to April 2, 2010
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◊ Bill T. Jones, Keith Haring, & Tseng Kwong Chi at the Paul Kasmin Gallery

Paul Kasmin Gallery
New York, NY
February 11 to March 13, 2010
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◊ Montgomery Fellow Lecture at Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College
Moore Theater, Hopkins Center
Hanover, NH
April 10, 2010
Free and open to the public
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◊ Master Class at DNA

Dance New Amsterdam
New York, NY
March 9, 11, 16 & 18, 2010
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◊ US Premiere Screening of Solos

French Institute Alliance Francaise
New York, NY
June 17, 2010
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Recent News

◊ Remembering Abe Lincoln: Bill T. Jones dance company to stage original, multi-sensory tribute to 16th president
February 24, 2010

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◊ "Waking, a Second Time, to Birdsong"
February 16, 2010

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◊ "Bill T. Jones' Lincoln dance-theater piece is episodic but moving"
January 31, 2010

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◊ "This country is not neutral for people like me."
January 26, 2010

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