bill t . jones / arnie zane dance company
bill t. jones / arnie zane company u. s. premiere of a letter to my nephew
antonio brown and rena butler of the bill t. jones / arnie zane company in jones’ “analogy / dora: tramontane. ”
review: bill t. jones / arnie zane summons a life during wartime - the new york times
portland ovations presents bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company on wednesday, february 24, 2016 at 7: 30 pm at merrill auditorium, portland .
dance theater and bill t. jones troupe to merge - the new york times
i - ling liu and shayla - vie jenkins of the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company in the west coast premiere of “analogy / dora: tramontane. ”
` last night' delves into the life of dance' s bill t. jones
antonio brown in
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by the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company, which is drawn from the experiences of mr. jones’s mother - in - law .
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a letter from bill t. jones and company
antonio brown of the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company performs in the west coast premiere of “analogy / dora: tramontane” through sunday, march13, at yerba buena center for the arts theater .
his company, bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company, is no stranger to dance audiences, and jones himself is an open book who has fashioned the raw materials of his life - - his racial and sexual identities and his hiv - positive status - - into potent dance works .
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30 years ago, after meeting at the state university of new york at binghamton (suny), bill t. jones and arnie zane (1948 – 1988) co - founded the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company and emerged onto the international scene in 1983 with the world premiere of intuitive momentum at the brooklyn academy of music’s inaugural next wave festival. together, jones and zane redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form and social commentary that would change the face of american dance .
in an unusual move that may alter the contemporary dance landscape in new york, the boards of dance theater workshop and the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company voted unanimously wednesday to merge their organizations, forming a combination producing and presenting entity to be called new york live arts .
launching a year of celebrating arnie zane today! ! come and learn one of arnie' s most iconic works continuous replay at 4: 15pm. urltoken
the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company was born out of an 11 - year collaboration between bill t. jones and arnie zane, who passed away in 1988. during this time, the two dancers redefined the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form, and social commentary that would change the face of american dance. the company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent, and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance - theater world .
analogy / dora: tramontane: oral history dance piece. conceived and directed by bill t. jones. through sunday, march 13. $ 30 - $ 40. bill t. jones / arnie zane company at yerba buena center for the arts, 700 howard st. , s. f. (415) 978 - 2787. urltoken .
alvin ailey: d - man in the waters (part i) by bill t. jones
now in its 30th year, the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company was born out of an 11 - year collaboration between bill t. jones and arnie zane (1948–1988). 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. today, the nine member company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance - theater world. in 2011, the company merged with dance theater workshop to form new york live arts .
the creation of new work by the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company is made possible with generous support from the company’s partners in creation: joe azrack & abigail congdon, anne delaney, eleanor friedman, sandra eskin, ruth & stephen hendel, ellen poss, and jane bovingdon semel & terry semel .
zane was most comfortable behind a camera, but when jones plunged into dance training and contact improvisation, zane followed. their dancemaking - - an astounding ouevre of contrasts - - is now dance history .
formed in february 2011 by a merger of dance theater workshop and the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company, new york live arts is a re - imagining of the legacies of these two extraordinary organizations. new york live arts is located at 219 west 19th street in new york city and is led by bill t. jones as executive artistic director, carla peterson as artistic director, and jean davidson as executive director and ceo. urltoken
bill t. jones: the dancer, the singer, the cellist... and a moment of creative magic
in 2011, jones opened a new chapter in his career and the company’s history with the merger of the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company and the iconic dance theater workshop to form new york live arts, an organization that supports the nation’s dance and movement - based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating and which serves as the home of the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company. jones was named executive artistic director of the organization, where he works closely with artistic director carla peterson and chief executive officer and executive director jean davidson to expand the cultural footprint of movement - based artists and performance. jones also continues in his role as artistic director of his company, working with associate artistic director janet wong to create new work, reconsider historically significant pieces, and continue to contribute to “the world of ideas. ”
today, march 30, 2018, is the 30th anniversary of arnie zane' s passing. photos by robert longo c. 1984
valdés met jenkins when jenkins was a student at the american dance festival, which is hosted at duke each summer. jenkins wanted to work with valdés’ dance company in new york, but very soon after the meeting she was accepted into bill t. jones’ company. valdés was very understanding of her decision because she was a previous dancer in jones’ company .
from sept. 13 - 22, shayla - vie jenkins will be on campus as an artist in residence. jenkins is a new york city based dance artist. from 2005 - 2015 she was a principal dancer with the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company. during her time there, the company received two ensemble ny dance and performance awards / the bessies. jenkins has taught numerous masterclasses and workshops for the company, and has even restaged some of jones’ most notable works, which is what she will be doing on campus .
bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company performed at jacob' s pillow dance festival in 2012. bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company has performed worldwide in over 200 cities in 30 countries on every major continent. today, the dance company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the contemporary dance world. bill t. jones is a multitalented director and choreographer whose major honors include a macarthur
genius
award, the 2010 kennedy center honors, two tony awards for best choreography, and the 2010 jacob' s pillow dance award. known as one of the world' s most intelligent dancemakers, performers, and public speakers, bill t. jones returned to the stage in story / time, an evening - length work inspired by john cage' s
indeterminacy
( 1958). jones narratesd enticing and reflective personal stories while his dance company performed with their signature powerhouse dancing and emotional depth. governed by chance procedure, the company danced to original music by composer ted coffey and 70 one - minute short stories written by jones that range from poignant to playful, humorous and provocative. this program contains adult content. jacob' s pillow dance is a national historic landmark, home to america' s longest - running dance festival, and recipient of the prestigious national medal of arts. to learn more about the pillow: urltoken explore more dance videos online at jacob' s pillow dance interactive: http: / / danceinteractive. jacobspillow... .
last night on earth
recounts in unblushing detail the odyssey of jones and zane and the genesis of jones' choreographic output and rise on the new york and international dance scenes .
when arnie introduced bill to his parents in queens, mother edith went ballistic and father lon went after his son with a butcher knife .
not all dancers and dance creators are as eloquent with words as they are with their bodies. but there have been notable exceptions: agnes de mille, paul taylor and now bill t. jones .
a meditation on the rite of spring (2013) (working title) represents an intriguing and powerful collaboration between two leading american directors and their companies. coinciding with the 100 th anniversary of the premiere of igor stravinsky’s the rite of spring, the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company and siti company combine forces to explore the impact of this revolutionary piece of music, imagining the consequence of hearing the score played for the very first time. commissioned by carolina performing arts .
continuous replay (1977, 1991) is a work that traces arnie zane’s interests in photography and film. originally choreographed by zane in 1977 as a solo titled hand dance and later revised as a group work by bill t. jones in 1991, continuous replay is based on 45 precise gestures accumulated in space and time. a new score by jerome begin incorporates material from ludwig van beethoven’s string quartet op. 18 no. 1 and string quartet op. 135 .
those memories now find theatrical form in “analogy / dora: tramontane, ” which the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company debuted at the alexander kasser theater here on thursday as part of the peak performances series. ms. amelan is mr. jones’s mother - in - law. interviews that he conducted with her provide the work’s text. these words, though, are recited not by ms. amelan and mr. jones but by the company’s nine dancers, passing around the roles as they execute complicated choreography and rearrange a set of portable flats designed by ms. amelan’s son bjorn, the company’s longtime creative director, whom mr. jones recently married .
andrea sholler, left, will depart, and jean davidson, second from left, carla peterson and bill t. jones will run the new nonprofit arts group .
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new york, ny, may 30, 2012 – over the past 30 years, multi - talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer bill t. jones and his celebrated company of dancers have left an indelible mark on the performing arts landscape and are today one of the most influential and recognizable forces in the dance - theater world. in the 2012 - 2013 season, the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company celebrates its 30 th anniversary with a tour to 24 cities in the united states and europe; a highly anticipated world premiere co - production with anne bogart and siti company; and a new york city season at the joyce theater with the orion string quartet featuring d - man in the waters, a classic work not seen in new york since 2002 .
his was a loving family strictly ruled. estella and gus, who eventually had settled with their family in new york, were there for their children. when 19 - year - old bill brought home his lover, arnie zane, estella and gus weren' t happy, but they grudgingly accepted them as a couple .
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a collaboration between dancers bill t. jones and arnie zane more than a decade ago introduced issues of identity, form, and social commentary to american dance. the company today is known as a powerful force in theater. artpower presents the company’s “play and play: an evening of movement and dance, ” which includes two works accompanied by live music, the fluid and athletic “d - man in the waters” and “story. ” $ 9 - $ 43. mandeville auditorium, uc san diego, 9500 gilman drive, la jolla. (858) 534 - 8497 or boxoffice. ucsd. edu .
in its 30 th anniversary season, the company will continue to expand its dynamic education program, led by leah cox. the 2012 - 2013 academic year marks the company’s fourth year in partnership with the bard college dance program, where company teaching artists and live arts guest artists teach an innovative curriculum designed to cultivate the next generation of dancemakers and creative thinkers. during the next academic year, bard students will learn cunningham technique from former cunningham dancers melissa toogood and daniel squire, as well as other approaches to movement from teacher / dancer / choreographer jesse zaritt and former bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company dancers stuart singer and asli bulbul. additionally, students at university and college dance programs throughout the u. s. will reconstruct significant company works for performance. the company also conducts intensive workshops for professional and pre - professional dancers and produces a broad range of discussion events at home and on the road .
body against body (2011) returns to bill t. jones’s roots in the avant - garde with a program that revives and reconsiders the challenging, groundbreaking works that launched jones and the late arnie zane, his partner and collaborator of 17 years. still some of the most significant examples of the postmodern aesthetic, these pieces redefined the duet form and changed the face of american dance. both conceptually and physically rigorous, the works take on new life through the diverse dancers of jones’s company, providing a rare look at the origins of an iconoclastic artistic sensibility. commissioned by the ica / boston .
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“jones and collaborators amaze with their scope and with the engaging quality of the multi media woven seamlessly into the work” - the news & observer bill t. jones with associate artistic director, janet wong and his company created the analogy trilogy over the course of four years. it is an ...
analogy trilogy, inspired by w. g. sebald’s the emigrants, was created by bill t. jones, associate artistic director janet wong, and the company, over the course of four years. it combines dance, theater and oral history in an investigation of memory, storytelling and form. performed to live music ...
director and choreographer bill t. jones – whose major honors include a macarthur “genius” award, the kennedy center honors and two tony awards for best choreography – returns to the stage at the center of an acclaimed new work for his renowned company. inspired by legendary artist and composer john ...
“this season, as the company celebrates 30 years of creative discourse, i am grateful to the artists and audiences who have participated in the vision that arnie zane and i created together in 1982, ” said bill t. jones. “since that time, the company has in some ways become a microcosm of the world that i would like to live in: a diverse group of talented personalities working together. it is fitting that during this milestone year we find ourselves settled in a new artistic home at new york live arts, with ambitious new work in development and on tour. we are wild about the future. ”
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the merger is atypical in pairing a presenting organization with an artist - led dance company. the 45 - year - old dance theater workshop holds more than 110 performances annually and is known for having fostered the early careers of choreographers like mark morris, stephen petronio and mr. jones himself, as well as those of performers like whoopi goldberg and bill irwin .
zane died of aids in 1988. jones keeps their company alive. he makes dances from what he knows, he writes, and he knows the pain and exhilaration of living in the moment. and that' s where he chooses to be, without regrets .
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the contemporary dance company black grace, at the spreckels theatre april 8, celebrates pacific, maori and new zealand culture with choreography that can be lyrical or athletic, with a fusion of hip - hop, samoan fa’ataupati (slap dance) and sasa (seated dance). (courtesy photo )
commissioned by carolina performing arts at the university of north carolina at chapel hill as part of “the rite of spring at one hundred” nine - month centennial festival, bill t. jones and anne bogart will join forces to create a new dance - theater work reflecting on the significance and themes of igor stravinsky’s the rite of spring. in a meditation on the rite of spring (working title), the bill t. jones / arnie zane dance company and siti company will explore the impact of stravinsky’s revolutionary piece of music and imagine the consequence of hearing it played for the very first time. after the world premiere performance at carolina performing arts on january 25 - 26, the work will tour to the university of maryland in college park, md (february 8 - 9) and suny purchase in purchase, ny (march 2). later in march, the company will have its new york city season (march 26 - 31 & april 2 - 7) at the joyce theater with two repertory programs featuring music - inspired works accompanied live by the orion string quartet, including two ny premieres and the return of the rarely seen d - man in the waters. the company last appeared at the joyce theater in 2009 with serenade / the proposition .
“for me that was very exciting, ” valdés said, “to think that someone so close to me was working with the company i used to dance with. ”
the choreography, credited to mr. jones, janet wong and the company, flows with an engaging slipperiness between being illustrative and formally abstract. some images are piercingly specific; some elegant tableaus could be lifted from many other bill t. jones dances. there’s tenderness and lightness. erick montes chavero plays a cousin of ms. amelan: the mime marcel marceau. antonio brown repeatedly cuts through the bustle with silent dignity .
“for me this represents pushing the time forward ,
said andrea woods valdés, associate professor of the practice and lead faculty for jenkins' residency .
this work is unfamiliar to me. shayla - vie is the vessel for the bill t. jones legacy. ”
born in 1952, the 10th of 12 children who made up the family of gus and estella jones, bill tass jones was fortunate to have several talented siblings and interested teachers who nurtured his hunger for learning and self - discovery .
spent days out yonder (2001) is a pure musical exploration, rare in the bill t. jones canon, a meditation on the second movement of mozart’s string quartet no. 23 in f major. the choreography is firmly rooted in jones’s elegant, weighted movement vocabulary, paired with a sublime score performed live by a local string octet .
bill t. jones, a multi - talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer, has received major honors ranging from a 1994 macarthur “genius” award to kennedy center honors in 2010. he was inducted into the american academy of arts & sciences in 2009 and named “an irreplaceable dance treasure” by the dance heritage coalition in 2000. his ventures into broadway theater resulted in a 2010 tony award for best choreography in the critically acclaimed
the new nonprofit group, which will be housed in dance theater workshop’s building on west 19th street in chelsea, will be led by three people: mr. jones, who will carry the title of executive artistic director; carla peterson, currently dance theater workshop’s artistic director, who will keep that role; and jean davidson, the executive director of mr. jones’s company, who will become the chief executive and executive director. dance theater workshop’s executive director, andrea sholler, will depart .
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the beginning of a new semester is like a renaissance. the renewal of friendships, the rebirth of school spirit and the resurgence of academics surround the campus. those in the dance department at duke university are capitalizing on this astounding energy and are planning to create a renaissance of their own, in the form of restaging of choreographer bill t. jones’ work entitled
power / full .
all flavors of dance are demonstrated this spring, from the youthful and sweet san diego civic ballet, to city ballet' s spicy “carmen” to the savory works of malashock dance .
this letter to jones’ nephew is a music and dance driven study using movement motifs that reference a troubled life in show business, the sex trade and the hard job of growing up. this is a celebration and meditation on the life of lance t. briggs. composer nick hallett’s score, ...
ms. peterson said that she expected future seasons to be consistent with those from dance theater workshop’s past, although now she will be doing the artistic programming with mr. jones .
but he said he was optimistic. “it certainly hopefully can save the d. t. w. building, ” he said .
in interviews by phone the leaders of both groups expressed hope that the merger would lead to long - term financial stability, while providing a prominent platform for mr. jones’s company and opportunities for other artists .
bill recounts recent experiences at the spoleto festival in south carolina against the backdrop of recent current events. plus, our five finger programming .
mr. jones’s company, founded in 1982, tours nationally and internationally performing his choreography, which has dealt with issues like racism and mortality. (mr. jones has also worked on broadway in recent years, winning tonys for choreographing “spring awakening” and “fela! , ” a show he also directed. )
the new organization’s leadership structure partly reflects the dynamics of the merger, in which mr. jones’s company is coming in as the financially stronger entity. dance theater workshop took on considerable debt to construct its building, which opened in 2002 and includes a 180 - seat theater, administrative offices and rehearsal studios, and it has struggled since then. as part of the deal mr. jones’s company, which has long sought a permanent home, has raised gifts and pledges to pay off the building’s mortgage, which stands at $ 3 million .
in september, the company will embark on a two - month european tour to germany, italy, france and the netherlands. a u. s. tour will begin in november with stops in memphis, tn; winston - salem, nc; st. petersburg, fl; chattanooga, tn; st. louis, mo; chapel hill, nc; college park, md; philadelphia, pa; purchase, ny; beaver creek, co; new york, ny; tempe, az; and tulsa, ok. touring programs include story / time, which premiered in 2012 and is inspired by john cage’s indeterminacy; the classical music program featuring new and reconstructed works set to classical music, including d - man in the waters; body against body, a collection of early works that examine bill t. jones and arnie zane’s roots in the avant - garde; and the world premiere of a meditation on the rite of spring (working title), a major new work under development in collaboration with anne bogart and siti company .
thirteen years ago, in 2003, the choreographer bill t. jones recorded an oral history of his 95 - year - old mother - in - law, a jewish activist and nurse who joined the resistance in german - occupied vichy, france, during world war ii. in an attentive, patient, cumulatively moving transformation of that source material into an 80 - minute work of narrated dance, “analogy / dora: tramontane” received its west coast premiere thursday, march 10, at the yerba buena center for the arts theater .
over the past three decades, jones has created more than 140 works for the company, earning significant commissions, awards and recognition along the way. his major honors include a 1994 macarthur “genius” award and the 2010 kennedy center honors. in 2009 he was inducted into the american academy of arts & sciences and was named “an irreplaceable dance treasure” by the dance heritage coalition in 2000. he and the company have received major commissions from lincoln center festival, peak performances at montclair state university (nj), ravinia festival, walker art center and many other leading institutions. he has also received commissions to create works for companies including alvin ailey american dance theater, boston ballet, lyon opera ballet, berlin opera ballet, and others .
the annual dance on the edge occurs during the annual mission federal artwalk. produced by the pgk dance project, the event features more than 20 professional and semi - professional regional dance companies, including flamenco arana, natyapriya dance and sophia isadora circus academy. 11 a. m. to 6 p. m. april 29 - 30. the stage is at the corner of grape and india streets in little italy. free. (619) 615 - 1090 or missionfederalartwalk. org .
kraig patterson was born in trenton, nj. he was inspired to pursue a career in dance after performing in high school musicals. his formal dance education began with a scholarship to princeton ballet school. following further training at juilliard school for the performing arts, where he received his b. f. a. in 1986, he danced with the mark morris dance group from 1987 until 1999. kraig has also performed with ohad naharin. neta pulvermacher, and the white oak dance project .
story / time (2012) is inspired by legendary artist and composer john cage’s indeterminacy (1958), a work in which cage sat alone on stage reading an unbroken stream of one - minute stories to a small audience. in story / time, bill t. jones reads his own one - minute stories amidst a spellbinding landscape of dance and original music composed and mixed live by collaborator ted coffey. mentored by cage’s modernist approach and governed by chance procedures, this “wondrously original” (dance magazine) and “radically engaging” (the minneapolis star - tribune) work is an ever - changing score that yields a unique performance each night. the san francisco chronicle called it “…a dance theater rollercoaster with surprises around every corner. ” co - commissioned by peak performances at montclair state university (nj) and the walker art center .
valdés will act as the rehearsal director after jenkins' residency ends, taking notes and sending videos to maintain the integrity of the piece. dancers who wish to be involved in the restaging will audition sept. 6 and work throughout the entire semester. only six to 10 advanced dancers will be admitted into the staging. they will rehearse as part of the modern dance repertory studio dance class for credit, but there will be an especially big commitment for the 10 days of jenkins' residency. during other weeks of the class, the dancers will also view and discuss videos of other jones / zane works .
mr. jones, 58, is also starting to think about his legacy. in interviews he and ms. davidson said that one option being considered would be to turn his troupe into more of a repertory company, which would also perform works by other choreographers .
the contemporary dance company celebrates pacific, maori and new zealand culture with choreography that can be lyrical or athletic, with a fusion of hip - hop, samoan fa’ataupati (slap dance) and sasa (seated dance). la jolla music society presents the internationally acclaimed troupe' s tour stop in san diego. 8 p. m. april 8, (prelude at 7 p. m .). spreckels theatre, 121 broadway, downtown. $ 20 - $ 75. (858) 459 - 3728. ljms. org .
“i’ve known bill for a pretty long time, ” she said. “it’s not that we necessarily run in the same circles, but we’re not unknown to each other. ”
set to mendelssohn’s octet in e - flat major for strings, op. 20, d - man in the waters (1989, revised 1998) is jones’s joyful tour de force and was recently reconstructed in full for the first time since 2002. the new york dance and performance “bessie” award - winning classic is a celebration of life and the resiliency of the human spirit that embodies loss, hope and triumph. the new york times stated, “rarely has one seen a dance company throw itself onto the stage with such kinetic exaltation. ”
valdés said, “every time i used to see her perform with the company i would tell her, ‘i want to be you when i grow up. ’”
“i’m sad about letting it go, ” she said of dance theater workshop, “but i also recognize what the opportunities are going forward. ”
this is not the first time that duke will be bringing in an outside artist to help educate students. there are regular residencies through the dance program that include all genres of dance, from classical indian to west african to ballet. much of the faculty on campus are linked to present day choreographers and directors, which is one of the many benefits of the dance program here. duke performances also brings artists in for master classes open to duke students and the triangle community. anyone interested can find out more by signing up for the newsletter on the dance program website .
“it will bring another generation to the duke students and it will give them more exposure to jones’ work, ” valdés said .
unity phelan started her dance training in early childhood at princeton ballet school. at the age of 14, she became a student at school of american ballet. she was an apprentice to new york city ballet for the 2012 - 2013 year, and joined the company the following year. that year, dance magazine featured her as one of the five up and comers in the nycb corps. pointe magazine is about to run an article naming her one of the ten most promising corps dancers in the united states. from here, unity is on her way to the vail international dance festival to work with damian woetzel .
bill t. jones with associate artistic director janet wong and his company present analogy / dora: tramontane, the first of three new evening - length works from analogy: a trilogy. the trilogy brings into light the different types of war we fight and, in particular, the war within ourselves. analogy / dora: tramontane is based on an oral history jones conducted with 94 - year old dora amelan, a french jewish nurse and social worker. amelan’s harrowing, touching, and inspirational story is broken into approximately 25 episodes that become the basis for choreography and songs. these episodes chronicle her early life in belgium, her mother’s death as the germans were marching into belgium, and her experiences working at an underground jewish organization in vichy france’s internment camps, gurs and rivesaltes. this is a portrait of the ability to persevere and survive .
earned him a 2006 lucille lortel award. in 2011, mr. jones was named executive artistic director of new york lives arts .
jones, who recently turned 60, is one of the most important american artists working today. he is recognized as a striking performer, a prolific creator of post - modern contemporary dance and broadway theater, and a provocative choreographer who fearlessly tackles political and social concerns in his work .
like many smaller organizations dance theater workshop has a board that is a mix of patrons and artists, and there have not been consistent expectations about how much each trustee should contribute annually. the leaders of the new entity have agreed to populate the board with those who can make substantial financial contributions. dance theater workshop and mr. jones’s company each will initially bring 11 board members, each of whom will be expected to donate roughly $ 18, 000 annually. in the first two years, ms. davidson said, the goal is to expand the board to 24 and increase the expected donation level to $ 25, 000 .
sean mahoney came to princeton ballet school at age eleven, after two years of study at knecht’s dance academy. he was a member of pbs’s professional training program, and performed in many nutcracker performances and school shows (including franz to his sister erin’s swanhilda in coppelia). in high school, he was an apprentice to american repertory ballet and upon graduation was chosen to be one of the first members of taylor 2. next, he danced for david parsons company, appeared in the christmas spectacular at radio city music hall, danced with geoffry doig - marx, then returned to arb under grahman lustig’s direction. he has now been a member of the paul taylor dance company since 2004 .
exactly how those two groups with different missions will mesh remains a question, though some answers will be revealed when new york live arts announces its first season in the spring. the national endowment for the arts has already announced a $ 90, 000 grant for next year’s presentation season. ms. davidson said mr. jones’s company would continue to tour and would also perform during a two - week season at the 19th street building every other year. (she said the company had not yet decided when his troupe would first perform. )
ms. peterson was particularly enthusiastic about developing a multiyear residency program for midcareer artists. dance theater workshop currently offers shorter residencies for dance groups. the details of the new residency have yet to be worked out, ms. peterson said, but it will be more substantial and will include both rehearsal space and money for the artists .
phyllis papa began her dance studies at royal ballet academy and became a charter member of the new princeton regional ballet company when she was just 13. she was a member and principal dancer of the harkness youth ballet for two years, and then joined american ballet theatre in 1967. papa was invited to audition for the royal danish ballet, and became the first american to dance in that company and the only foreigner to be offered a lifetime contract. she was a principal ballerina with stars of the american ballet in new york, and eventually became artistic director of the group. miss papa currently directs the atlantic city ballet, where she has choreographed over 30 ballets, and and founded the acbt performing arts academy, its official school .
power / full
is a group dance. it will be important for the dancers to form relationships. the piece is set to an abstract, dynamic soundtrack .
the musical co - conceived, co - written, directed and choreographed by mr. jones. he also earned a 2007 tony award for best choreography in
heroism and endurance aren’t always or even often writ large, “analogy” reminds us. they are instead the qualities that emerge when people bond together, when despite the suffering, collective will and combustive bursts of energy and joy are created by a community .
love the company, love, love, love them in a very special way, for too many reasons to name. watched them for for over 30 years. let' s just say they are special, incredibly
eight dances by pasacat, the philippine performing arts company, celebrate traditionally based folk and indigenous culture through various regions and eras of filipino history with its chinese, spanish and asian influences. the hour - long performance — abbreviated for student groups — includes colorful costumes, music and an interactive dance session, where participants will learn tinikling, a popular bamboo dance. 9: 30 and 11: 30 a. m. may 2. california center for the arts escondido, center theater, 340 n. escondido blvd. , escondido. $ 4. (800) 988 - 4253 or artcenter. org .
coming of age during the counterculture 1960s was explosive enough, but jones also found himself in the throes of the civil rights movement and the slow awakening to his sexual orientation .
bill t. jones with associate artistic director, janet wong and his company created the analogy trilogy over the course of four years. it is an investigation of memory, storytelling and form. one should view the trilogy through relaxation and acuity, as a spectator of a cubist painting might. the series of works show an object spatially, from various perspectives, as well as over time. events are fractured, the fissures filled with fragments of their histories and futures. the choreography, musical composition, storytelling and design elements are folded into a work that resembles origami - reopened, and refolded again. w. g. sebald, author of the celebrated novel, the emigrants, has been known to defy form. he was fearless in blurring the lines between the artistic and the intellectual. in certain circles he is called an inspired antiquarian, sniffing around library shelves, walking around ruins, thinking about thinking, and he was able to make a compelling body of literature out of it. sebald is able to fold intensely autobiographical and biographical information into his narrative and with him as mentor and guide through the trilogy, the company challenges audiences and themselves with this form. jones looks to his company to find their personal relationship to the text, complete with opinions, and folds that into the work, focusing on the development of the ensemble. by tasking the performers to act and sing, as well as dance, the ensemble grows through collaborative work. each performer is an artist, and individual growth is collective growth. working with long - time collaborators robert wierzel (lighting), bjorn amelan (décor), liz prince (costumes) and janet wong (projection) to weave together story, character, multi - media and song. composer and vocalist nick hallett has set passages of the story to music, and is joined by pianist emily manzo and all the members of the company in the live performance of an original song cycle that partners with their movement, both as soloists and in a ghostly choir. the memory of schubert lieder heard throughout the analogy trilogy resonates through guitars, echoing into a moody, experimental soundscape. for jones and his team, ambros is the end of a path of exploration, a culmination that could in fact be a beginning… show less
sarah hay started her dance training at princeton ballet school, and from here, went on to study at school of american ballet and the jacqueline kennedy onassis school of american ballet theatre. she danced with north carolina dance theater, then pennsylvania ballet, before moving to germany to join the dresden semperoper ballet and work with william forsythe. she is the lead in the new tv series flesh and bone, premiering this fall .
mr. jones said he wanted to create an arts center on the model of the 92nd street y, which would allow him to continue his “participation in the world of ideas. ”
“this is an era that is beset with many problems” for arts groups, mr. jones said. “arts organizations have to cooperate and work together, looking for the proverbial new model. ”
california ballet company dancers assault the stage with explosive new works by associate artistic director jared nelson and six company artists. the audience gets a first look at new, in - your - face choreography. share a beer with the talent after the show. the first beer is on them. 8 p. m. april 28, 5: 30 and 8: 30 p. m. april 29. park6, 590 fir st. , san diego. $ 30 - $ 40. (858) 560 - 6741 or californiaballet. org .
new york city’s cultural commissioner, kate levin, said she thought that the merger would provide not only greater financial stability to the two organizations but also artistic opportunities, by combining ms. peterson’s and mr. jones’s visions .
jones has long been revered for his highly collaborative, interdisciplinary process, having worked over the years with such notable artists as keith haring, cassandra wilson, orion string quartet, the chamber society of lincoln center, fred hersch, jenny holzer, robert longo, julius hemphill, toni morrison, max roach, jessye norman, and daniel bernard roumain, among others. his current collaboration with director anne bogart and siti company on a meditation on the rite of spring (working title) for january 2013 is a continuation of this shared creative practice .
in addition to his intriguing collaborations and work for his company, jones has won international renown for his work on broadway. he earned two tony awards for best choreography – one in 2010 for the critically acclaimed fela! , the musical he co - conceived, co - wrote, directed and choreographed, receiving 11 tony award nominations overall, and another in 2007 for spring awakening. he won an obie award for spring awakening’s 2006 off - broadway run and a 2006 lucille lortel award for his choreography of the off - broadway production of the seven .
the book itself grew out of a series of interviews conducted by freelance writer peggy gillespie for an article in the boston globe sunday magazine. the voice of
last night
is definitely jones': proud, defiant, honest .
new york live arts strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance and movement - based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating. in addition to our deep commitment to individual artists at all stages of their careers, we strive to create rich, meaningful experiences for our audiences by engaging them in ways that are intimate and thought - provoking. with our audience, we seek to become a place for dance that is vital to the fabric of social and cultural life in new york, the united states and beyond .
performed with live musicians *, play and play: an evening of movement and music applies jones’s inventive choreography to some of the most important western musical works of our time. featuring compositions by beethoven, mendelssohn, mozart, ravel or schubert this program highlights the joy of musicians and dancers working together. program ...
artistic director jean isaacs curates 10 evenings of dance that showcase modern works hosted by san diego dance theater and performed by a variety of notable choreographers. a duet by erica buechner and lara segura on april 12 explores the female perspective and gender roles. “requiem for an ocean, ” choreographed by isaacs, addresses climate change on april 23. 7: 30 p. m. april 12 - 21, 5: 30 and 7: 30 p. m. april 22, 7: 30 p. m. april 23. no shows scheduled april 16 - 18. white box space, 2590 truxtun road, studio 205, point loma. $ 20 per show, $ 120 festival pass. (619) 225 - 1803 or sandiegodancetheater. org .
michael m. kaiser, president of the kennedy center in washington and an adviser to many performing arts groups, spoke to the board of dance theater workshop when it was considering the merger. in an interview this week he said he thought that the union made sense, but that it was important for everyone to be on the same page, particularly about how to handle possible financial challenges :
perhaps the most striking part of the new organization’s name, chosen with the help of a branding firm, is that it does not include the word “dance. ” while ms. peterson said there had not been any decision to avoid the word, she and ms. davidson added that they had talked about ways to expand the organization’s commitment to “movement - based” or “body - based” art, by including things that could fall under the heading of visual art as well .
like dora herself, much of the dance grammar and language of “analogy” is simple and straightforward. the clarity allows her own family’s episodes of separation and loss to play off against the larger canvas to telling effect. one of the most affecting scenes is one of the quietest, when dora’s younger sister is in the hospital after a botched operation. her bowed head and plaintive, futilely extended arms are heartbreaking, all the more so as one tiny emblem of the engulfing misery around her .
from beginning to end, the piece embodies that conviction. an eloquent nine - member ensemble cast, clad in trousers and jerseys in a muted color palette, shares equally the spoken and choreographic tasks. at various times, with fixed or handheld mikes, dancers speak jones’ and dora’s oral history lines. in repeated feats of communal ingenuity, they use simple geometric panels to build bedrooms and bunkers, inviting doorways and bomb sites .
now, in
last night on earth ,
jones takes us for the full autobiographical exploration, from his childhood in a southern family of migrant field workers to college in the north to his coming to terms with his homosexuality and finding himself as a dancer. he' s come a long way from his high school sophomore drama class triumph as marcellus in
the music man
to his current position as controversial dancemaker and arts statesman .
raised in princeton, nj, ms. neuwirth began her dance training at age five at princeton ballet school. known for her work in both television and on stage, the actor / singer / dancer bebe neuwirth has been awarded two emmy’s for her portrayal of dr. lilith crane on cheers, 2 tony awards for her roles in chicago and sweet charity, and the astaire award for best female dancer for her role in chicago. she appeared in the 2009 remake of fame and will be appearing as morticia addams in the addams family musical on broadway.
the bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company is an american dance company based out of harlem in new york city . founded in 1983 by bill t. 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 . the company has since drawn international acclaim , performing in more than 200 cities in 30 countries . in 2011 , the company merged with dance theater workshop to become new york live arts . the move was prompted by a need for financial security , with the dance company coming in as the more financially secure organization of the two – dtw took on a considerable amount of debt in building its doris duke performance center on 19th street , which opened in 2002 . jones , on the other hand , has been in search of a permanent venue for his company , and envisions the duke performance center becoming an arts center similar to the 92nd street y.
the bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company is an american dance company based out of harlem in new york city. founded in 1983 by bill t. 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. the company has since drawn international acclaim, performing in more than 200 cities in 30 countries. in 2011, the company merged with dance theater workshop to become new york live arts. the move was prompted by a need for financial security, with the dance company coming in as the more financially secure organization of the two – dtw took on a considerable amount of debt in building its doris duke performance center on 19th street, which opened in 2002. jones, on the other hand, has been in search of a permanent venue for his company, and envisions the duke performance center becoming an arts center similar to the 92nd street y.
the bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company is an american dance company based out of harlem in new york city. founded in 1983 by bill t. 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. the company has since drawn international acclaim, performing in more than 200 cities in 30 countries. in 2011, the company merged with dance theater workshop to become new york live arts. the move was prompted by a need for financial security, with the dance company coming in as the more financially secure organization of the two – dtw took on a considerable amount of debt in building its doris duke performance center on 19th street, which opened in 2002. jones, on the other hand, has been in search of a permanent venue for his company, and envisions the duke performance center becoming an arts center similar to the 92nd street y.