Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

Something’s coming... and yes that 1000% is Bill T. directing from the TV screen. Photos by the one and only @veronica__jean, producing associate. Featuring company members: @bar_hinds, @shanelarson, @bar_hinds, @deannhustedd, @mmmlloyd, @slumbrt, @huiwangzhang, @heyvinson

We can tear up a dance floor and put it all back together again. We can talk loud in public. We can be fierce. We can be small. We can be mighty.... We can be too much. We can be just enough, just in time. We can. We have to. Bill T. Jones, "Last Night on Earth" In 1995, "Last Night on Earth" by Bill T. Jones with Peggy Gillespie was released. The autobiographical work challeges audiences' expectations about race, sex and politics in provocative avant-garde compositions dealing with racism, homophobia, AIDS, and interracial romance. Published nearly 26 years ago, Bill T.'s thoughts echo today, this month, this year, and offer up all the possibilities yet to come.

This week’s episode of Black Dance Stories (BDS) is with Bill T. Jones & Darrell Grand Moultrie is tomorrow Jan 28 @ 6pm (EST). This is such a wonderful forum to hear great dance minds from Black Artists go at it... and it's every Thursday. Conceived and co-created by performer, producer, and dance writer Charmaine Warren, Black Dance Stories is a community working together to support, uphold, highlight, and celebrate Black creatives. They are committed to providing a platfor...m to amplify Black creatives' voices and stimulate conversations around timely issues across the African Diaspora. To tune in to tomorrow's event, click on link in below which will take you directly to the YouTube streaming link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml3GpK6776g&feature=youtu.be Image Courtesy of Black Dance Stories

Our own Bill T. Jones tells the incredible first-person story of how we lost one world premiere to Covid, persisted through the pandemic, and created Afterwardsness. Bonus: You hear Janet Wong too. The whole epic creative story on the podcast Spark & Fire! Listen here: https://sparkandfire.com/billtjones/ Image Courtesy of Spark & Fire

Let's talk about "canceling"! Join Bill T. Jones at 3pm for "When Great Artists Behave Badly" facilitated through The Barnes Foundation (@barnesfoundation)! Moderated by Paula Marantz Cohen, Bill T. joins Aruna D’Souza, Erich Hatala Matthes, and Martha Lucy, to delve into the feasibility of separating the art from the artist and discuss how museums navigate moral challenges in assessing their collections. In recent years, reports of toxic personal behavior have led to the rec...onsiderationand sometimes outright cancelingof the work of many artists, from living filmmakers to long-deceased painters. For some, these reckonings are necessary to develop a supportive and accountable community. For others, it conflates the art with the artist and represents inappropriate censorship. This event is free to join, you can register with our link below! https://www.barnesfoundation.org//when-great-artists-behav Image above: Paul Gauguin. Haere Pape (detail), 1892. BF109. Public Domain.

Let Freedom Ring Let Freedom Ring. May your Martin Luther King Jr. Day be full of reflection, introspection, gratitude, and celebration.... Above clip: Early work in progress showing of "Deep Blue Sea" from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. Jan 14, 2018. Text from "I Have A Dream.