
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Turns 25
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.
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Bard College Dance Program Partners with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company to Innovate Curriculum
Beginning in fall 2009, the dance program at Bard College will partner with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company to offer new classes in dance technique and choreographic methods, as well as special campus-wide forums and workshops.
New Work on the Life of Abraham Lincoln
Ravinia Festival has commissioned Bill T. Jones to create a new full evening work, Fondly Do We Hope... Fervently Do We Pray, inspired by Abraham Lincoln and celebrating the slain president's 2009 bicentennial.
New Website to Document the Creative Process
We've launched the Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray website to share the creative process of this new work. Visit and subscribe to the dairy to watch behind the scenes video of the rehearsals, read about the ideas that drive the work and watch their evolution or demise, find out about the music, set design, costumes, lighting and video. Join us as we work towards the premiere.
The Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
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.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Selected for Round 3 of the Innovation Lab
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company has been selected to participate in the third round of the Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts, a program open to producing and presenting organizations in theatre, dance, and jazz that supports the design and prototyping of innovations that address major challenges.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will serve as the lead participant in a Lab project with Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) to explore the feasibility of an innovative strategic partnership in which they would share DTW's Chelsea facilities.