Bibliography
Bill T. Jones - Bibliography
[the following is a small subset of the available bibliography:]
Anderson, Zoe."Bill T. Jones." Dancing Times. (November): 167.
Anguelov, Vladimir.1995. "Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Still/Here."
Tanz Affiche.Wien. Jahrg. 8, (55) (February/March): 32.
Brown, Jean Morrison, Naomi Mindlin, Charles H. Woodford.1998. The Vision of Modern Dance: In the Words of Its Creators. Princeton Book Company.
Clarke, Mary.1994. "Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company." Dancing Times (July): 997.
Desmond, Jane.2001. Dancing Desires: Choreographing Sexualities on and off Stage. University of Wisconsin Press.
Foster, Susan Leigh.2002. Dances That Describe Themselves: The Improvised Choreography of Richard Bull. University Press of New England.
Gates, Henry Jr.1997. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Random House.
Hutera, Donald."Art Performs Life Equals Art." Dance Theatre Journal 14 (4): 22-25, illus.
Jones, Bill T, with Peggy Gillespie. 1995.
Jones, Bill T. with Shelley Eshkar, Paul Kaiser. 1999. Ghostcatching. The Cooper Union School of Art.
Jones, Bill T. with Susan Kuklin.998. D
Kreemer, Connie.1987. Further Steps: Fifteen Choreographers on Modern Dance. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Rubsam, Henning.1994. "Bill T. Jones Introduces Still/Here to New York City." Dance Magazine (December): 20, 22. illus.
Sadownick, Douglas.1990. "Black Choreographers Moving Toward the 21st Century." High Performance 49 (Spring):16, illus.
Valis-Hill, ConstanceBAM'S Next Wave." Attitude 7 (2), (Winter/Spring): 37.
White, Jack E."The Beauty of Black Art." Time. (10 October): 66-73. col. Illus.
Zimmer, Elizabeth.1985. "Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane & Company." Dance Magazine (May): 20. illus.
Zimmer, Elizabeth, and Susan Quasha.eds. 1989. Body Against Body: the Dance and Other Collaborations of Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane. New York: Station Hill Press.
Bill T. Jones - Video Documentation
[The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library holds the following video documents]
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Three by three (1985) - compilation video including Bill T. Jones' Fever Swamp performed by members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; recorded 3 September for the Great Performances/Dance in America series; produced by Ellis B. Haizlip & Catherine Tatge; one 3/4 in. videocassette (57 min); call number MGZIC 9-906.
The Bessies: the Fifth Annual New York Dance & Performance Awards (1988) - compilation video of annual awards benefit presented by Dance Theater Workshop; videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 15 September; includes excerpts of Bill T. Jones' Untitled; three 3/4 in. videocassettes (143 min.); call number MGZIC 9-6042.
Bill T. Jones (1981) - video recording presented by Dance Theater Workshop; choreography and performance by Bill T. Jones; videotaped at the American Theatre Laboratory, New York; part of Dance Theater Workshop's The Winter Events; VHS (85 min.); call number MGZIA 4-90.
Bill T. Jones (1981) - compilation video including solo performance by Bill T. Jones; a Kitchen production; VHS (21 min.); call number MGZIA 4-400.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company (1991) - compilation video production for BBC Television in association with Thirteen/WNET and Amaya Distribution; produced and directed by Mischa Scorer; choreography by Bill T. Jones; performed by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company; includes documentary of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance; VHS (60 min.); call number MGZIA 4-1840.
Center Stage: Physicality and Theatricality (1986) - compilation video including an excerpt of Secret Pastures, choreographed by Bill T. Jones; produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance recorded on 20 March and telecast on 2 May; one 3/4 in. cassette (29 min); call number MGZIC 9-2981.
Choreographers Showcase (1977) - compilation video with choreography and performance by Bill T. Jones; videotaped at American Theater Laboratory, New York, in June; presented by Dance Theater Workshop; one 3/4 in. cassette (60 min.); call number MGZIC 9-3419.
CodanceCo. (1984) - compilation video taped at the Riverside Dance Festival, New York, 6 May; performed by dancers from Codance Co.; includes excerpt of Bill T. Jones' Corporate Whimsy; VHS (78 min.); call number MGZIA 4-392.
Dancers and the Dance (1984) - compilation video of excerpts from various German and American dance works, presented at the International Festival for Modern Dance titled "New York and Back," held in Cologne are shown to illustrate the similarities and differences between the German and American modern dance traditions; includes Bill T. Jones interview; VHS (30 min.); call number MGZIA 4-395.
Dance of the Century: Contemporary Dance: the Explosion (1992) - compilation video including excerpts choreographed by Bill T. Jones; co-produced by La Sept, Pathe Television, Duran, Ostankino, Sovtelexport, in association with RAI; fifth of a five-part series on European contemporary dance; one 3/4 in. videocassette (54 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4500 cassette 5.
Danspace Silver Series. Volume One (1998) - compilation video presented by the Danspace Project; videotaped in performance at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, New York, on 19 December; first in a series of performances celebrating the Danspace Project's 25th anniversary; includes excerpts from Bill T. Jones' Etude; two VHS videocassettes (131 min.); call number MGZIA 4-3344.
DIFFA presents a demand performance (1993) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts of War Between the States by Bill T. Jones; videotaped in performance at the New York State Theater on 18 October; benefit presented by the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS in collaboration with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids; four 3/4 in. videocassettes (163 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4078.
Dress Up!: P.S. 122's 10th Anniversary Benefit (1990)--presented by Performance Space 122 in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on 1 February, includes Untitled excerpt with text by Bill T. Jones; three 3/4 in. videocassettes (182 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4636.
Fire and Rotary Action: Excerpts and Light and Sticks (1986) - videodance dancers/choreographers Arnie Zane and Bill T. Jones; telecast on the Alive from Off-Center Series (program #203) produced by KTCA-TV/Minneapolis-St. Paul one 3/4 in. videocassette (28 min.); call number MGZIC 9-3273.
Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin/The Promised Land (1990) - four 3/4 in. cassettes (130 min); call number MGZIC 9-2626.
Retracing Steps: American dance Since Postmodernism (1988) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts by Bill T. Jones; produced by Michael Blackwood Productions and Westdeutscher Rundfunk; two 3/4 in. cassettes (88 min.); call number MGZIC 9-1870.
Secret Pastures (1985) - videotape from the world premiere in performance at the Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 15 November; choreography by Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (94 min.); call number MGZIC 9-951.
Solos, Duets, & Pizza (1994) - compilation video with choreographic excerpts by Bill T. Jones; produced by WGBH/Boston's New Television Workshop; one 3/4 in. videocassette (39 min.); call number MGZIC 9-2484.
Still/Here (1994) - evening-length dance work drawn from the testimonies of participants in the Survival Workshops; conceived, choreographed and directed by Bill T. Jones; presented by the 1994 Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, on 2 December; danced by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (111 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4991.
Secret Pastures (1985) - videotape of world premiere performance at the Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, 15 November; choreographed by Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (94 min.); call number MGZIC 9-951.
The Studies Project: Bill T. Jones and Steve Paxton (1983) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts by Bill T. Jones; videotaped by Cathy Weis at the Danspace, St. Mark's Church in- the-Bowery, New York, on 4 December; presented by Movement Research, Inc. in association with the Danspace Project; BETA (117 min.); call number MGZIB 3-195erpts
Terry Creach and Stephen Koester (1989) - videorecording presented by Dance Theater Workshop; videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schonberg Theater, New York, as part of the Winter Events, on 27,28 January; including premiere of Bill T. Jones', It Takes Two; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (72 min.); call number MGZIC 9-5858.
Untitled and Arms and Relatives (1989) - compilation video featuring the choreography of Bill T. Jones; telecast on the Alive from Off-Center series (program #503), produced by KTCA-TV/Minneapolis-St. Paul. Producer: John Ligon; one 3/4 in. cassette ((28 min.); call number MGZIC 9-3280.
Werkcentrum Dans (1982) - compilation video taped at Dance Theater Workshop, New York, 19 & 21 November; including choreographic excerpts of Ah! Break it! by Bill T. Jones; 2 VHS videocassettes (145 min.); call number MGZIA 4-206.
Wired: a Benefit for Performance Space 122 (1989) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts by Bill T. Jones; videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on 4 February; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (99 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4573.
Greskovic, Robert. 1987. Ballett-International. 10 (3) (March): 28, 30.
Meisner, Nadine. 1982. "Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane." Dance and Dancers (November): 32-33. illus.
Smith, Amanda. 1981. "Arnie Zane [The Kitchen, New York, May 7-10, 1981]." Dance Magazine (November): 49, 100-105.
Tegeder, Ulrich. 1984. "Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane: Interview." Ballett International 7 (9) (September):19-21, illus.
Zane, Arnie. 1999. Continuous Replay: the Photographs of Arnie Zane. Edited by Jonathan Green; introduction by Bill T. Jones; with essays by Susan Leigh Foster ... [et al.]. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; Riverside, Calif.: UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California.
Zimmer, Elizabeth. 1982. "Arnie Zane and Dancers [P. S. 122, N. Y., Sept. 11-13, 1981]." Dance Magazine (January): 40-45.
_______. 1984. "An Advancing Army of Tenderness: Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Coming in from the Country." On the Next Wave. Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn Academy of Music 2 (3) (November):10-13.
________, and Susan Quasha, eds. 1989. Body Against Body: The Dance and Other Collaborations of Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane. New York: Station Hill Press.
[The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library holds the following video documents]
Center Stage: Physically and Theatricality (1986) - compilation video including an excerpt of Secret Pastures, choreographed by Arnie Zane (and Bill T. Jones); produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on Dance recorded on 20 March and telecast on 2 may; one 3/4 in. cassette (29 min.); call number MGZIC 9-2981.
Fire and Rotary Action: Excerpts and Light and Sticks (1986) - videodance dancers/choreographers Arnie Zane and Bill T. Jones; telecast on the Alive from Off-Center Series (program #203); produced by KTCA-TV/Minneapolis-St. Paul; one 3/4 in. videocassette (28 min.); call number MGZIC 9-3273.
Food for Thought (1990) - compilation video including choreographic piece by Roni Gross in memory of Arnie Zane; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (94 min.); call number MGZIC 9-2570.
Men Dancing II (1982) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts by Arnie Zane; a Riverside Dance Festival presentation, taped in performance on 2 May by Virginia Brooks; two VHS (135 min.) videocassettes; call number MGZIA 4-266.
Retracing Steps: American Dance Since Postmodernism (1988) - compilation video with choreographic excerpts by Arnie Zane; produced by Michael Blackwood Productions and Westdeutscher Rundfunk; directed by Michael Blackwood; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (88 min.); call number MGZIC 9-1870.
Secret Pastures (1985) - videotape of world premiere performance at the Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House; 15 November; choreographed by Arnie Zane and Bill T. Jones; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (94 min.); call number MGZIC 9-951.
Solos, Duets, & Pizza (1994) - compilation video with choreographic excerpts by Arnie Zane; produced by WGBH/Boston's New Television Workshop; one 3/4 in. videocassette (39 min.); call number MGZIC 9-2484.
Wired: a Benefit for Performance Space 122 (1989) - compilation video including choreographic excerpts by Arnie Zane; videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York, on 4 February; two 3/4 in. videocassettes (99 min.); call number MGZIC 9-4573.
Zane was a prolific photographer whose works are now in the collection of the California Museum of Photography at the University of California Riverside. Many of these works have been published in a catalog (see below). In addition, the Jones/Zane company maintains photo files on Zane's works and his collaborations with Jones, filed by title of work and housed at the company's New York offices. The Dance Collection of the New York Public Library holds the following:
Secret Pastures (1984) - Jones and Zane photographic prints by Johan Elbers; b&w ; 21 x 26 cm; call number MGZEA.
