Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company

January 10, 1990 marked Bill T. Jones’ first appearance on the Pitman stage.  Since then, AP audiences have witnessed an inspired choreographer evolve into one of the consummate theatre artists of our time.  Dance – athletic, passionate, glorious – is always at the core. But over the past twenty-five years, Bill T. has applied equal mastery to music, text, video and design to create work that is more magnificent than the sum of its many parts.

Serenade: The Proposition employs all of his extraordinary intelligence, talents and magic to consider the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. It is as much a rumination on the nature of history as it is a consideration of the life, using some of Lincoln’s documented words, his contemporary's writings and speeches, and other texts to set up the push and pull of historical perspective. Our connections to history and our multiple identities as Americans are evoked through video by Janet Wong, an original score blending classical and folk music by Chris Lancaster, set design by Bjorn Amelan, and Jones' cast of fierce dancers.

Learn more about Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company at billtjones.org.

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