Seven minutes long, the piece is a meditation on the act of being captured and of breaking free. Jonesarnie zane dance company jacobs pillow dance festival 2012. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Jones appointed associate artist 2020 holland festival. But jones accomplishments dont stop there, and as a producer, songwriter, arranger, and instrumentalist, hes worked with a remarkable variety of artists, from willie nelson and john. Jones and arnie zane, published by station hill press in 1989.
Joness new piece is haunted by recurrent images from the life of his nephew. Jones and arnie zane, the company made its debut performance at the brooklyn academy of music with the world premiere of intuitive momentum with lauded drummer max roach. Jones bio, photos, theatre credits, stage history bill t. They love the photos and together we create a dance with small and whole body moves.
Founded as a multicultural dance company in 1982, the company was born of an. Jones had always had a strong interest in dance and has shared it with the world through his performances. Jones studied classical ballet and modern dance in the 1970s at the state university of new york suny in binghampton. Jones is one of the most important choreographers of the postmodern era in part because hes willing to ask big questions. A graduate of the state university of new york suny at binghamton, jones began his career by forming a globally touring, twoman dancechoreographer team with his. Jonesarnie zane dance company was born out of an 11year collaboration between bill t. Jonesarnie zane dance company jones was the 10th of 12 children of migrant farmworkers. Jones comes together with marlon james, the man booker prize winner and author of a brief.
Looking ahead to the future of modern dance with bill t. The transcendent artistry of a legendary dancer, four. Aint no sunshine is a song by bill withers from just as i am by booker t. The company has also spent creative time at the pillow, developing part of last supper at uncle toms cabin during a 1990 residency. Through his choreography, there were always dances produced by him that contained strong themes to which a lot can be related towards society. In doing this, the work appeals more to the viewer as it is a dance created with intent. Tramontane, with antonio brown click to enlarge but jones is not a journalist or a historian, and his artworks are not reportage. Jones is the recipient of the 2006 stage directors and choreographers foundation callaway award for excellence in the craft of. Jones was born on february 15, 1952 in bunnell, florida, usa as william tass jones. He is known for his work on stillhere 1996, national theatre live. Jonesarnie zane dance company has launched a videopacked web site to document the creative process underlying fondly do we. Jones created and performed the dance and vocal phrases. Jones comes together with the esteemed marlon jamesman booker. His parents moved from rural florida when he was three years old, and he grew up in wayland, new york, just south of rochester.
During this time, they redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of american dance. Jones s words and susan kuklins photographs are simple but they are stunning. Jonesarnie zane dance company was formed as a multicultural dance company in 1982 and if you were fortunate enough to see their work at that time, you witnessed a company that was not only multicultural, but one which broke all the stereotype rules about dancer body types. The renowned company returns to the joyce to perform two pieces from the bill t. See more ideas about bill t jones, dance company and dance. There were the outlines of a pathbreaking dance career that took mr. Jones is making room in dance for more than dance the. Ghostcatching is a digital art installation that fuses dance, drawing, and computer composition.
The yerba buena center for the arts in san francisco is hosting a weeklong series of events, oct. Jonesarnie zane dance company is an american dance company based out of harlem in new york city. Jones, born february 15, 1952 is an american choreographer, director, author and dancer. Medal of arts 20 macarthur fellow, and artistic director of new york live arts, bill t. I recently had the tremendous thrill of participating in the 14th annual poetry and the creative mind celebration by the academy of american poets, hosted at lincoln centers alice tully hall. A very simple book that uses words and photographs of bill t. The company has since drawn international acclaim, performing in more. Jonesarnie zane company, and his approach braiding storytelling and movement into a theatrical collage will be. Jones returned to suny, where he became cofounder of the american dance asylum in 1973.
He has also worked in the studios with many wellknown artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a grammy award for lifetime achievement. No sunshine is a song by bill withers from just as i am by booker t. Jones born february 15, 1952 is an american artistic director, choreographer and dancer. The extraordinarily diverse and accomplished bill t. In fondly do we hopefervently do we pray, his 2009 commission from the ravinia festival, he raises the issue of abraham lincolns goodness as well as that of his own all of ours, for that matter the pbs documentary series american masters uses. Jonesarnie zane companys analogy trilogy, a work based on oral histories that jones conducted. The events included a symposium, just enough, just in time. Jones, byname of william tass jones, born february 15, 1952, bunnell, florida, u. Paul kaiser and shelley eshkar created the visual and sound composition.
Jonesarnie zane dance company has shaped the evolution of contemporary dance through the creation and performance of over 140 works. Jones and ted fellows joshua roman and somi didn t know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at ted2015. I think it was 1983, 84, something like that, and it was a time when keith was the it boy in the art world. Jones and ted fellows joshua roman and somi didnt know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at ted2015. Jones was born on november 12, 1944 in memphis, tennessee, usa. Jones in dance poses to create a poem in picture book form.
At one time, keith might have been on five international art. Hyperion books published dance, a childrens book written by bill t. Play and play b by opus 3 artists on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in. Each part reveals jones ongoing exploration of how text, storytelling, and movement pull and push against each other as the performers move seamlessly between dancing, speaking, and singing. Among my fellow poetry readers was one of the most magnificent artists of our time the choreographer, dancer, and artist director bill t. Jones arnie zane dance company jones was the 10th of 12 children of migrant farmworkers. Jonesarnie zane dance company over the past 32 years the bill t. Jones is artistic director of new york live arts, the companys home in manhattan, whose activities encompass an annual presenting season together with allied education programming and services for artists. Jones held sway, over the course of his lengthy career, as one of the foremost choreographers, dancers, and dance company artistic directors to emerge from the u. An improvised piece they call the red circle and the blue curtain, so extraordinary it had to be shared. Jones revolutionized modern dance through the company he founded in 1982 with his partner arnie zane, who later died of aidsrelated lymphoma.
Jones and the late arnie zane 19481988, appearing multiple times at the pillow since its debut engagement in 1989. Founded as a multicultural ensemble in 1982, the company was born of an elevenyear artistic collaboration between bill t. Joness words and susan kuklins photographs are simple but they are stunning. He has been married to nanine warhurst jones since june 18, 1985. Jones, american choreographer and dancer who, with arnie zane, created the bill t. Jones and arnie zane can be found in body against body. Jones blauvelt is a town in rockland county where arnie and i. They just knew they wanted to offer the audience an opportunity to witness creative collaboration in action.
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