Bill T . Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company Turns 25
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PerformanceThursday, July 10, 2008 - 7:09pm - Saturday, July 12, 2008 - 10:00am
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THE BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY TURNS 25
Plans include three premieres, an off Broadway show, the opening performances of BAM’s Next Wave Festival, national and international tours. Consider the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company’s 25th anniversary celebration a launching pad for its future. And what a future it promises: premieres, new venues, and a cornucopia of new ideas. The first of the Company’s major events, the world premiere of “Another Evening: Serenade/The Proposition,” takes place July 10-12 at the 75th anniversary celebration of the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC. The premiere marks the beginning of Jones’s threeprong exploration of the resonant legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Without introducing the literal character of Lincoln, "Serenade/The Proposition" weaves dance, text derived from period writings, video, and new and traditional music to explore the essential and powerful issues Lincoln’s presidency raised about the moral, social and political future of the vulnerable young nation. Although essentially abstract, a human and nonjudgmental heart beats through the entire work which takes place on a blazing white stage amid towering white columns.Bjorn Guil Amelan, the Company’s creative director, designed the elegantly dramatic set, and Janet Wong, the Company’s associate artistic director, created the compelling video. Robert Wierzel designed the lighting. Employing the full company of 10 dancers, “Serenade/The Proposition” integrates performances by actor Andrea Smith with music created and conducted collaboratively by cellist Christopher Antonio William Lancaster, vocalist Lisa Komara and keyboardist Jerome Begin. “A Good Man!/A Good Man?,” a major commission from the Ravinia Festival scheduled to premiere at the Festival in September 2009, will add another dimension to Jones’s examination of the legacy of Lincoln.
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