Bill Moyers Journal:
Reimagining of Abraham Lincoln
In Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray, Bill T. Jones reimagines the iconic Abraham Lincoln. Bill Moyers speaks with Jones about his creative process, his insights into Lincoln, and how dance can offer a fresh perspective on the man who is arguably the most-studied president in U.S. history.
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Bill T. Jones on NBC Nightly News
TheGrio.com named Bill one of its 100 History Makers in the Making on Feb. 2. In lieu of that, NBC Nightly News aired this profile on Bill.
View the web-only interview with Ann Curry here.
Co-written and Directed by Bill T. Jones
Now on Broadway
A provocative hybrid of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music and Bill T. Jones's visionary staging, Fela! opened on Broadway November 23.
Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray
Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray, a new full evening work inspired by Abraham Lincoln and celebrating the slain president's 2009 bicentennial, has premiered at the Ravinia Festival and is now on tour.
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Follow the Tour
The Company's much-anticipated production Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray has premiered and is now traveling across the country. Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong provides behind-the-scenes footage from the tour, and shows how the piece changes and grows over time. Visit the video diary at fondlydowehope.com to check out the ideas behind design and music. Find out about the little things that happen on the side in sideline. But more importantly, come and see the work somewhere.
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Watch the cast of Fela!
on The Colbert Report
Come see for yourself what
The New York Times calls
"a show that melts walls."
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Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls Fela! "hot (and seriously cool)"
Serenade/
The Proposition
Serenade/The Proposition approaches the legacy of Abraham Lincoln as a rumination on the nature of history. On the eve of the Bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, some of his documented words, his contemporary's writings and speeches, and other texts are used to set up the push and pull of historical perspective.
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A Good Man
The documentary A Good Man, in production now, chronicles Bill T. Jones in the process of creating Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray. Ravinia has partnered with Kartemquin Films in the creation of the documentary, to be co-produced by the Award-winning American Masters series and will be a centerpiece in their 2011 broadcast season.
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