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Fela!

Bill T. Jones to Direct and Choreograph Fela! Off-Broadway

"Tony Award winner Bill T. Jones will direct and choreograph the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Featuring a book by Jones and Jim Lewis, Fela! will feature Kuti's music performed live onstage by the band Antibalas and other members of the New York Afrobeat community. Its limited off-Broadway run begins previews at 37 Arts on July 29 with opening night set for September 4, and will play through September 21."

Read Article at Broadway.com
Read Notice in New York Times
For more information and tickets, visit FelaOffBroadway.

Upcoming Performances

Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
September 18-22, 2010
Biennale de la Danse 2010
Lyon, France
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Repertory
September 30 & October 1, 2010
Duet, New York City Center
New York, NY
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Between Us
October 14 & 15, 2010
Le Manege
Maubeuge, France
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Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
October 21-23, 2010
Maison des Arts Creteil
Creteil, France
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Bill's Blog

◊ Dancing in a House Divided
June 8, 2010

Slightly jet-lagged and certainly disoriented by a two hours drive thru a sun-blasted landscape - checkpoints and roadwork, fields spotted with workers, scattershot clusters of houses and errant donkeys - several dancers, my company's Associate Artistic Director and I finally arrived in the Palestinian town of Jenin.

Other Events

◊ Arnie Zane on Bill T. Jones Photo Exhibit at Jacob's Pillow

Jacob's Pillow's Ted Shawn Theater
Becket, MA
June 13 - Aug 29, 2010
6:30pm

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◊ DanceTalk

Fall for Dance Festival
New York City Center
New York, NY
October 7, 2010
6:30pm

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◊ Chicago Humanities Festival

Chicago, IL
November 14, 2010
10:00am

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◊ FELA! Opens in London

National Theater
London, UK
November 16, 2010

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◊ Alternate Routes

New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, NJ
December 3, 2010
7:30 pm

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