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William "Canada Bill" Jones (c. 1837–1877) was an English-born confidence artist, riverboat gambler and card sharp in Canada and the United States. He has been described by historians, news reporters and others who have written about his life since the late 19th century with such superlatives as "the greatest of confidence men" [1] and ...
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"I remember sitting one day and listening to our 78 RPM records. And I was thinking about my future. And I thought, 'Well, of course I have to become a recording star. I mean, because we got television probably in 1956 or 1957. And the only Blacks you saw were Sidney Poitier — a little later, of course, you saw Sammy Davis, Jr. "And if you saw the ...
"I was a pretty good runner and there was a lot of money around at that time. Two or three schools accepted me and I chose SUNY Binghamton because it had a lot of New Yorkers in it. My niece Marion — who is my age — she told me one day, on my way to track practice, 'Don't go to those athletic practices. You've got to check out these dance classes.'...
"Back in my youth, when we were living as a dance collective in upstate New York, we were constantly looking for ways to get a class going to improvise. And our fearless leader, Lois Welch, literally went to the library one day and found a colourful album that was, quote, 'African music.' And she brought it back. And we all danced to it, improvised...
"Abraham Lincoln meant a great deal to me, much more than I had ever had to publicly declare. He was a good man. Lincoln freed the slaves. He was thought highly of. He was on the penny, for God's sake. His father was a hard working man who thought that all of this attention to book learning was a waste of time. And it is said that Lincoln's take on...
"I used to think dance was going to be the thing that was going to continue the work of Martin Luther King or Malcolm X. I thought that the body itself was a strong, strong platform to make change. Naked people on stage. Who is touching whom? Who is dancing with whom? Who is sweating on whom? That already starts a catalytic change. "I had that beli...
Listen to Bill T. Jones's interview with CBC Radio's Writers and Company in 2010. He talks about his life, his work, his partner Arnie Zane, and his shows based on Abraham Lincoln and Fela Kuti.
Jun 4, 2024 · Bill T. Jones, American choreographer and dancer who, with Arnie Zane, created the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Jones was noted for pushing the boundaries of modern dance, and the subjects he explored included racism and AIDS. Learn more about his life and career.
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Bill T. Jones is a renowned dancer and choreographer whose work looks at race, death, mortality, grief and sexuality. In the late ‘80s, he visited clinics full of...
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William Tass Jones, known as Bill T. Jones (born February 15, 1952), is an American choreographer, director, author and dancer. He is the co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. The company's home in Manhattan.
May 6, 2015 · Legendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi didn't know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at TED2015.
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Oct 26, 2011 · A biographical essay and tribute to the renowned modern-dance choreographer and director Bill T. Jones, who rose from poverty and hardship to become a Kennedy Center Honoree. Learn about his life, achievements, collaborations, and challenges in this comprehensive profile.
