New York Times
30 Years on, Focus Remains on Opposites to Attract an Audience
Hmm,
I feel bad because years ago Bill T. Jones’s was one of my huge inspirations to become a modern dancer. But then in the later when his company became more polished technically, I felt like he was selling out and I lost interest. Again being reunited with his more recent work this summer in my Dance History class I saw that his work was still very powerful although true that it had still have very technical dancers. In fact, many who were just coming on the NYC dance scene when I left. This article however speaks of what I had trouble with years ago. Sometimes the power of the technical can hide the depth. There is something interesting in a less than manicured body, moving through space, something that we all fell in love with in the early 80’s. However, we also were putting Jones’s work in a box. And that isn’t the box he is exploring anymore.
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