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The personal story of Bill T. Jones describes his childhood as the tenth of twelve migrant farm children, his discovery of dance, his partnership with Arnie Zane, and his fight with AIDS. 30,000 first printing. Tour.
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at is part memoir, part meditation, and part performance, "today's most daring choreographer" (NEWSWEEK) charts his dance's origins and development in the context of his remarkable life. "A breathtaking accomplishment. To the extent that any words can convey the experience of dance, Jones does so here, eloquently and with disarming honesty."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. Illustrated throughout.
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This autobiography takes its title from a recent work by Jones, an artist Time magazine has called "the most versatile and inventive of America's black choreographers" (October 10, 1994). More recently, his "Still/Here," an evening-length work consisting of dance, vocals, and video images partially derived from "survival workshops" that Jones conducted with groups of terminally ill people, became the focal point of a critical New Yorker essay about "victim art." None of this acclaim, controversy, and confrontation is new to Jones; many of his works include autobiographical elements, often quite frank. Jones's performing ethos centers around depicting moral issues and social ills as well as a sense of redemption and spiritual growth. This book is like one of those performances: Jones is the focal point, and he writes about the most personal details and experiences. In a recent New York Time Magazine feature, Elizabeth Kaye described "Jones's confrontational attitude toward an audience that he is determined to captivate, educate, agitate, trouble, bond with, and incense" (March 6, 1994). He displays that same attitude toward the reader of his autobiography. Recommended for dance and gay studies collections. (Photos not seen.)?Carolyn M. Mulac, Chicago P.L.
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0679439269
- ISBN 13 9780679439264
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages286
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