Press Room
Quotes
"Chapel/Chapter is a riveting experience."
"...the visceral impact of the piece is inescapable."
"...a brilliant blend of abstraction and realistic evocation."
The New York Times, 9.23.05
"The quite remarkable music plays a vital role in the overall impact. It
is keening, churchy, measured and intense."
- John Rockwell
"I have not seen all of the many dances Bill T. Jones has made over the years, but I've seen a lot of them, and the oddly titled "Blind Date" is the best I've encountered."
- John Rockwell
The Star-Ledger, 9.23.05
"A portrait of his multicultural company, which includes dancers from Turkey, China and Mexico, who explore their national identities in monologues and dance solos, "Blind Date" offers a vision of social harmony in which different peoples share the same space."
- Robert Johnson
The New York Times, 9.18.05
"There was a cool, intellectual approach to form along with... hot content, and that was really different. But they also had another value they expressed early on, and that was a real gusto about making it."
- Deborah Jowitt, quoted by Ginia Bellafante,
The New York Times, 9.18.05
"There was a cool, intellectual approach to form along with... hot content, and that was really different. But they also had another value they expressed early on, and that was a real gusto about making it."
- Deborah Jowitt, quoted by Ginia Bellafante
The News & Observer, 7.16.05
"(Another Evening) has the dizzying feel of a dream, its movements suggesting things that we can't quite hear and so must leave to our brains and hearts to decipher."
- Orla Swift,
The Herald-Sun, 7.16.05
"(Jones) certainly will leave a high-water mark in modern dance."
- Susan Broili
Star Tribune, 6.4.05
"We should know by now that every muscle of (Jones') body, honed to sculptural perfection, works in service to his meaty, fluid, sinuous, evocative choreography."
- Camille LeFevre
San Francisco Chronicle, 5.21.05
"Some choreographers are born dancemakers whose genius manifests in the steps themselves. And some choreographers are geniuses who just happen to choose dance for their primary mode of expression. Bill T. Jones is of the latter variety, and the dance world is fortunate to have him."
- Rachel Howard
Los Angeles Times, 4.4.05
"...when [as in this solo], his body and mind are on the same wavelength, no contemporary soloist reaches further into the heart of dance."
- Lewis Segal
The Washington Post, 11.1.97
"Jones' dancers continue to rank among the finest anywhere. While no two are remotely alike - with sizes and shapes ranging from all over the board - they all share a velvety propulsion, razor-sharp technique and a stage presence that's close to majesty."
- Sarah Kaufman
Chicago Tribune, 4.23.00
"Bill T. Jones is a dancer abundantly blessed with musicality. Whether he is poised in classical ballet positions or sashaying about in a quick vaudeville buck-and-wing, he appears to find the best movement for the right moment."
- Richard Christiansen
Press Representation
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