Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company | Thursday | July 31 | 7:30PM

Bill T. Jones’s joyful tour-de-force, D-Man in the Waters (1989), is a true classic of modern dance and a two time Bessie Award-winning work. It is a celebration of life and the resiliency of the human spirit that guides audiences through loss, hope and triumph. Set to Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20 the work is one of the finest examples of the post- modern aesthetic and was featured in PBS’s landmark film Dancing in the Light – Six Dances by African-American Choreographers. More recently, it was the subject of the 2023 Peabody Award-winning documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man In The Waters.

Continuous Replay is a seminal work of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company that began as an accumulation of 45 shapes created by Arnie Zane in 1977. In 1991, three years after Arnie Zane passed away, Bill T. Jones expanded the work into the current version. Continuous Replay is a prime example of a work of rigorous form that also depends on the choices and agency of the performers. BDF students will perform onstage alongside Company members.

Over the past 43 years the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has shaped the evolution of contemporary dance through the creation and performance of over 140 works. Founded as a multicultural dance company in 1982, the company was born of an 11-year artistic collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Today, the company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the modern dance world. The company has performed its ever-enlarging repertoire worldwide in over 200 cities in 30 countries on every major continent. In 2011, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company merged with Dance Theater Workshop to form New York Live Arts of which Bill T. Jones is the Artistic Director and Janet Wong is the Associate Artistic Director.

A post-show discussion will follow this evening's performance.

Image by Paul B Goode

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