about the performance
Multi-talented choreographer, dancer, theater director, and writer Bill T. Jones will once again inspire ADF audiences with his company’s athleticism, grace, and beauty. The program will feature the reconstruction, with support provided by the ADF, of his masterpeice D-Man in the Waters (1989), a living memory of Jones’ firsthand experience with death, and the resiliency of the human spirit. The company will also perform Spent Days Out Yonder, an excerpt from Jones’ work You Walk? (2000), which explores Latin cultural influence on America. The Durham Symphony will provide live musical accompaniment for both works.This performance contains nudity.
The ADF reconstruction of D-Man in the Waters is supported by the SHS Foundation and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.
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Founded by Bill T. Jones and his late partner, Arnie Zane, in 1982, this masterful company strives to nurture the art of dance, educate the public, and collaborate with members of the art communities in all genres. Jones has created over 140 works for his own company, and has received numerous commissions to create dances for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, and Berlin Opera Ballet, among others. He has received numerous honors ranging from the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award to the Kennedy Center Honors in 2010. He became a Tony Award winner for Best Choreography in 2010 with the critically acclaimed FELA!. Mr. Jones was recently named Executive Artistic Director of New York Live Arts.Program Information (pdf)
Articles
- Bill T. Jones salutes his friend Lincoln
- Athletic Rapture in Quirky Metaphorical Waters
- Bill T. Jones Great Divide
Video
ADF@DPAC: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | EVIDENCE & DCDC | Pilobolus | Emanuel Gat Dance | Shen Wei Dance Arts | Paul Taylor Dance Company
ADF@Duke: Rosas | Yossi Berg & Oded Graf | TAO Dance Theater | Rosie Herrera| Eiko & Koma | Doug Varone and Dancers | Past/Forward
