Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
At Ted Shawn Theatre: Aug 6 - Aug 10
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Festival Week 7 | Wednesday, August 6 – Sunday, August 10 | Ted Shawn Theatre
First Appearance Since 2012
Now in its 43rd year, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the contemporary dance world. Emerging from years of collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane, their performances foreshadow issues of identity, form, and social commentary that would change the face of American dance.
A Tony Award-winning choreographer, dancer, and director, Bill T. Jones has received a MacArthur “Genius” Award, recognition at the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors, two Tony Awards for Best Choreography, and the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities, in 30 countries on six continents. The company has a storied history of performing at Jacob’s Pillow, having appeared ten times previously, beginning in 1989 and most recently in 2012.
This summer, the company will present an electric program featuring two seminal works by its founders: Continuous Replay (1977/1991), an explosive work that traces its roots to Zane’s interest in photography and film; and the exuberant Bessie Award-winning D-Man in the Waters (1989), a work set to music by Felix Mendelssohn that captures the resilience of a generation during the 1980s AIDS epidemic. In addition to these signature works, Jones will also present a pièce d’occasion: a site-based version of Story/Time (2012) with new stories and live music accompaniment by Ted Coffey.
