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Date

Friday, January 20, 2017 8:00PM

Name

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

Description

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Story/Time
Fri, Jan 20 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre
$49 / $39 / $20 UCSB students
Price Include Facility Fee


“Modern yet wry, gorgeously danced... A dance-theater roller coaster with surprises around every corner.” San Francisco Chronicle

“Choreographer Bill T. Jones is a born storyteller... Every text is as carefully constructed as a poem.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

Director and choreographer Bill T. Jones – whose major honors include a MacArthur “Genius” Award, the Kennedy Center Honors and two Tony Awards for Best Choreography – returns to the stage at the center of an acclaimed new work for his renowned company. In spired by legendary artist and composer John Cage, Jones creates a collage of dance, music and 70 of his own short stories, arranged anew for each performance by chance procedure. In Story/Time, Jones fuses the age-old art of storytelling with a vibrant landscape of contemporary movement and music. Similar to a busy streetscape or a crowded room, the experience challenges audience members to find meaning and connection in the sweep of randomized, disparate elements. Jones’ shorts stories are drawn from his own life and tales handed down through the generations of his family. In layering a traditional form against the avant-garde compositional concerns of the mid-century modernists, the tension between high and low art is called into question. (Mature content)

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