Abstract
What is it like to live with a life-threatening illness? Can fear, anger, and joy be translated into movement? In this program, journalist Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance, "Still/Here." At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance performed later in the program. Jones demonstrates for Moyers the movements of his own life story—his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane’s untimely death from AIDS, and Jones’s own HIV status. "My job," Jones tells Moyers, "is to evoke the spirit of survival."
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Subject
Contributors
Markowitz, Alice (director), Grubin, David (writer), Markowitz, Alice (producer), Moyers, Bill (host), Bartz, Geof (editor), Shapiro, Joel (cinematographer), Lenzer, Don (cinematographer), Jones, Bill T. (performer), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (producer), Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company (performer), Public Affairs Television (Firm) (producer)
Duration
01:04:29 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college
Copyright Holder
| Name | Films Media Group (Firm) |
| Role | publisher |
| Telephone | 800-257-5126 |
| Address | 200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619 |
| [email protected] |
Copyright Date
1997-01-01
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