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Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones appears in the following:

New York Dance Companies Merge

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Bill T. Jones, co-founder, artistic director and choreographer of the Bill T. Jones-Arnie Zane Dance Company, discusses the merger.

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Bill T. Jones on Leonard's 25th Anniversary at WNYC

Monday, March 01, 2010

Choreographer Bill T. Jones talks about what he appreciates about the Leonard Lopate Show. Find out how you can take part in Leonard's 25th anniversary here!

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Fela!

Friday, February 19, 2010

Director and choreographer Bill T. Jones and Sahr Ngaujah, the star of "Fela!" discuss the hit Broadway musical. The show uses Afrobeat music to tell the story of Fela Kuti’s controversial life as artist, political activist, and revolutionary musician. It’s at the Eugene O’Neill Theater, 230 W ...

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Bill T. Jones

Friday, November 06, 2009

The 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth inspired the choreographer Bill T. Jones to explore the sixteenth president’s life in two major works: Fondly Do We Hope ... Fervently Do We Pray and Serenade/The Proposition. The often-provocative Jones joins us to talk about the meaning of Lincoln from a contemporary ...

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Bill T. Jones on Fela Kuti

Friday, December 19, 2008

What Achebe did for literature, Fela Kuti did for music. The Nigerian composer and father of Afrobeat inspired a generation of artists--one of whom is choreographer Bill T. Jones. Kurt talks with Jones about his musical "Fela!" which celebrates the art and life of ...

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Bill T. Jones on Merce Cunningham
Willie Nelson on Django Reinhardt

Saturday, September 10, 2005

A choreographer and a country music legend talk about the people who inspired them. Produced by Trey Kay.

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Special Guest: Bill T. Jones

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Kurt Andersen and choreographer Bill T. Jones talk about how artists, dancers, filmmakers, and photographers use nakedness in beautiful and shocking ways.

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Nudes, Jones, Tunick

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Kurt Andersen and his guest, choreographer Bill T. Jones, stare at the nude in art. We'll hear the perplexed reactions an artist gets from hardware store paint mixers when she asks them to match the color of her skin. And we'll follow photographer Spencer Tunick on a photo shoot of an intimate group of naked people. He ...

Nude, Tunick, Fleshtones

Saturday, August 16, 2003

Kurt Andersen and choreographer Bill T. Jones talk about how artists use the nude and its mix of beauty and shock.

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Special Guest: Bill T. Jones

Saturday, August 16, 2003

Kurt Andersen and choreographer Bill T. Jones talk about how artists use the nude and its mix of beauty and shock.

Bill T. Jones is a choreographer and performer in the forefront of contemporary dance. He co-founded the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Now in it's twentieth ...

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Inspiration in Dance and Music

Saturday, August 31, 2002

Choreographer Bill T. Jones talks about Merce Cunningham and Willie Nelson reflects on Django Reinhardt.

(Originally aired: April 25, 2002)

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Inspiration in Dance and Music

Saturday, April 27, 2002

Choreographer Bill T. Jones talks about Merce Cunningham and Willie Nelson reflects on Django Reinhardt.

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