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Another Evening: I Bow Down

Bill T. Jones - 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. View Images and more info…



As I Was Saying...

Bill T. Jones - 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. View Images and more info…



Black Suzanne

Bill T. Jones - 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 View Images and more info…



Blind Date

Bill T. Jones - 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. View Images and more info…



Last Supper At Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land

Bill T. Jones - 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 View Images and more info…



Still/Here

Bill T. Jones - 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. View Images and more info…



The Phantom Project

Bill T. Jones - 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. View Images and more info…



Bill's Blog

◊ Harlem Crawl
January 22, 2008

Hey Black Man!" composer/musician Craig Harris said to me last night giving me a firm handshake in the first moments of what was to be a five hour exploratory/research/investigation tour of the Harlem scene.

◊ Happy New Year
January 9, 2008

Happy New Year!

It is raining outside Woodbox, our little retreat on the mesa of Northern New Mexico. The past two weeks have been blissfully quiet - a fitting respite after this intense though rewarding year.

Bill T. Jones Online

Recent News

◊ Wandering the World in Search of Herself
November 11, 2008

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Published in the New York Times:
October 1, 2008

"From the start of "A Quarreling Pair," which opened on Tuesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, you feel that you have been plunged deep inside a private world."

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◊ Village Voice Reviews A Quarreling Pair
November 11, 2008

Bill T. Jones Adapts a Poetic Puppet Play
By Deborah Jowitt

"Bill T. Jones is full of surprises. Who'd imagine he'd turn Jane Bowles's eccentrically poetic 1945 puppet play, A Quarreling Pair, into a parable in the form of a variety show....

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Upcoming Performances

Chapel/Chapter
November 27-29
Creteil, France

Chapel/Chapter
December 4-5, 2008
Rome, Italy

Chapel/Chapter
January 19-25, 2009
Mercat de Flores
Barcelona, Spain

Other Events

November 11, 2008, 4:30-6:00 PM
Interview with Bill T. Jones by Deborah McDowell
Sponsored by the Carter G. Woodson Institute
Newcomb Hall Ballroom
Reception to follow
General Admission, no tickets necessary.

November 13, 2008, 12:30-1:30 PM
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Lecture/Demonstration
Paramount Theater
215 E. Main St.
Charlottesville, Virginia.
General Admission, no tickets necessary.