Oct
3
Bill T. Jones - Remembering
Bill T. Jones in The Windy City
Dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones was in residence this past week at Columbia College Chicago where I currently teach. I had first seen Bill perform in New York in 1980 in a solo program at the late Hazel Bryant's Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art, located near Lincoln Center. Few outside of his immediate dance community had heard of Bill at that point, but word among the art community in NY was that he was someone to see. And so a group of us went to check him out. I've never forgotten Bill T. Jones from that moment on, and have followed him for almost three decades now. His performance that day heralded for me an introduction to a singular creative talent.
Dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones was in residence this past week at Columbia College Chicago where I currently teach. I had first seen Bill perform in New York in 1980 in a solo program at the late Hazel Bryant's Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art, located near Lincoln Center. Few outside of his immediate dance community had heard of Bill at that point, but word among the art community in NY was that he was someone to see. And so a group of us went to check him out. I've never forgotten Bill T. Jones from that moment on, and have followed him for almost three decades now. His performance that day heralded for me an introduction to a singular creative talent.