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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

Body Against Body

One of the most innovative voices in contemporary dance and theater, Bill T. Jones returns to the ICA fresh off the Kennedy Center Honors and a Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Broadway musical FELA!. With Body Against Body, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company returns to Jones's roots in the avant-garde with a program that revives and reconsiders the groundbreaking works that launched Jones and his late partner and collaborator of 17 years, Arnie Zane, on the downtown New York dance scene of the 1980s. These works are now considered among the most significant examples of the postmodern aesthetic, challenging both performers and viewers with athletic, task-based movement and non-narrative structure. With these works, Jones and Zane redefined the duet form and changed the face of American dance. Body Against Body reveals the roots of a modern dance master and offers a rare look at the core of the Jones/Zane style.

This world premiere reconstruction, commissioned by the ICA, includes Continuous Reply (1978), Blauvelt Mountain (1980), and Monkey Run Road (1979). a Jones/Zane duet not seen since its original performances over two decades ago. These seminal pieces take on new life and raise new questions when performed by the diverse, highly-skilled dancers of Jones's company.

Please note, this performance does include nudity.

This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

Announcing MAKE DANCE SEE
Inspired by the development of Body Against Body, the ICA announces MAKE DANCE SEE, an innovative program series that brings audiences, dancers and choreographers together in workshops and discussions. This groundbreaking program came together through conversations with members of the Billl T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, choreographer Elizabeth Streb, and dancer/educators Richard Colton and Amy Spencer of Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy.

SCHEDULE OF MAKE DANCE SEE PROGRAMS