Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane [sound recording]

Author

Jones, Bill T.

Publication

1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988.
• Sears, David, 1948-1992.

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 94 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1, 12/8/82 (ca. 63 min.). Jones and Zane speak about their work-in-progress, Party /remote progress [ultimately entitled Intuitive momentum?]; the set design; the composer Max Roach's collaboration; the work's conceptual and structural framework; significance of the work's title; an earlier work entitled Remote progress; whether there is an avante garde in the contemporary dance world; views on and use of contact improvisation; their parodic use of the ballet vocabulary [short gap]; more on collaborating with Roach; the Dance Umbrella dance festival in the U.K; more on Roach, including his music and his thoughts on Jones' and Zane's work; more on the structure of the work-in-progress; their work Ah! Break it!; more on the work-in-progress, including the theme of cooperation; influence of Robert Wilson's work; Sheryl Sutton; Jones' admiration for modernism and modernists such as Lucinda Childs; autobiographical component of Everybodyworks!; Jones compares Zane's movements to his own [ends abruptly].
• Disc 2, 12/8/82 and 12/9/82 (ca. 31 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Jones and Zane speak about their works Blauvelt mountain and Valley cottage [parts 2 and 3 of an otherwise unidentified trilogy; interview ends and resumes with Zane by telephone on 12/9/82]; Zane speaks about his use of Roach's music; his use of movements from karate; professional work outside of his work with Jones, especially his photography; his collaborations with Johanna Boyce; his and Jones's athletic background; his and Jones's intent to create their own vocabulary; influence on him of Daniel Nagrin and other avant-gardists.

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• Gift of David Sears.
• National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Subject

• Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988
• Jones, Bill T
• Roach, Max, 1924-2007
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company
• Intuitive momentum (Choreographic work : Jones and Zane)
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Dance > Production and direction
• Group work in art

Note

• Interview with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane conducted by David Sears on Dec. 8 and 9, 1982. The recording conducted on Dec. 8 was at a restaurant, probably in New York City, and contains extraneous noise. The recording made on Dec. 9 was solely with Zane and conducted by telephone.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1562

OCLC

NYPY03-R61

Author

Jones, Bill T. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane [sound recording]

Imprint

1982.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.

Local Note

Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-1562 nos. 1-2

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1562 nos. 1-2

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Jones, B.

Audiotapes -- Zane, A.

Added Author

Zane, Arnie, 1948-1988. Interviewee

Sears, David, 1948-1992. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1562