Bill T. Jones is a choreographer known for his works incorporating text, monologue, and media, with the addition of making statements through dance on political topics such as gay rights and AIDS. A very interesting fact about Bill T. Jones is that he counts continuously, instead of a regular eight count. He founded the company of the “Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company” which is based out of Harlem in New York City. With most of the company being residents of New York City. This made it more efficient for the company to choreograph pieces. The company members are made up of a diverse group of dancers, guest artists, and non-dancers because he was interested in what they had to offer to his company as far as their movement language. Two of the pieces I became familiar with on September 16, 2016 were “Dancing To The Promised Land”, which is from The
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To create the piece, Jones used the stories his mother expressed to him as a younger boy. This piece involves violence, nudity, repitition, fierce, powerful, gental, risky, and gestural movement. He spoke upon his own experience and with racism and worked to incorporate this experience along with his company members’ experiences into the piece. Jones incorporate movement he remembered seeing as young boy. For example, he used the motif of his grandmother’s hands being crossed at the wrists. Many of their expressions included body percussions such as dialogue, noise with their mouth, or beats on the floor to demonstrate fighting through their obstacle. Bill T. Jones used creepy masks during the whipping scene as the men with the masks held who represented a slave, upside down. Jones sometimes would ask himself questions about the movement being used in the piece. His goal was to create a piece that would announce clear to the audience and allow them to be in the same situation to experience the emotions the dancers were going
To create the piece, Jones used the stories his mother expressed to him as a younger boy. This piece involves violence, nudity, repitition, fierce, powerful, gental, risky, and gestural movement. He spoke upon his own experience and with racism and worked to incorporate this experience along with his company members’ experiences into the piece. Jones incorporate movement he remembered seeing as young boy. For example, he used the motif of his grandmother’s hands being crossed at the wrists. Many of their expressions included body percussions such as dialogue, noise with their mouth, or beats on the floor to demonstrate fighting through their obstacle. Bill T. Jones used creepy masks during the whipping scene as the men with the masks held who represented a slave, upside down. Jones sometimes would ask himself questions about the movement being used in the piece. His goal was to create a piece that would announce clear to the audience and allow them to be in the same situation to experience the emotions the dancers were going