DEEP BLUE SEA Director, choreographer, dancer Bill T. Jones creates a massive new work that expands on Jones’ recent practice revolving around the interplay of single and group identities. Revered internationally for his skill at storytelling through movement, Jones conceived this highly personal work in pursuit of the elusive “we" during these fractious times through a cast of 100 dancers/community members led by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and a deconstructed text from Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” and Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall will be transformed by Elizabeth Diller of the renowned architecture team Diller Scofidio + Renfro and projection designer Peter Nigrini. The soundscape, an original composition by Nick Hallett with an electronic component by New York-based music producer Hprizm aka High Priest. In addition to choreographing and directing, for the first time in over 15 years, Jones himself performs.
PERFORMANCES APRIL 14-25 TUESDAY-THURSDAY AT 7:30PM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT 8:00PM TICKETS START AT $40 ARTIST TALK WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 AT 6:00 PM CREATOR & DIRECTOR BILL T. JONES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JANET WONG CHOREOGRAPHY BILL T. JONES, JANET WONG AND THE BILL T. JONES/ ARNIE ZANE COMPANY VISUAL ENVIRONMENT ELIZABETH DILLER (DS+R) AND PETER NIGRINI LIGHTING DESIGN ROBERT WIERZEL ORIGINAL SCORE NICK HALLETT MUSIC PRODUCER HPRIZM SOUND DESIGN MARK GREY COSTUME DESIGN LIZ PRINCE DRAMATURG MARK HAIRSTON COMMISSIONED BY PARK AVENUE ARMORY IN COLL ABORATION WITH HOLL AND FESTIVAL PRODUCED AND DEVELOPED BY PARK AVENUE ARMORY IN COLL ABORATION WITH NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
Thompson Arts Center at Park Avenue Armory ∙ 643 Park Avenue at East 67th Street