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 the collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane (1948-1988), their performances foreshadow issues of identity, form, beauty, social commentary, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic that would change the face of American dance.
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 beleaguered 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.