Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company in Analogy/Lance. Photo by Eric Politzer.
This performance is SOLD OUT
A Letter to my Nephew, Bill T. Jones’s latest work, makes its U.S. premiere at the ICA. The work brings together two impulses: the social/political and the deeply personal. A Letter to my Nephew is a street scene or a still from the evening news that superimposes violent street battles in the U.S. and desperate immigrants rushing towards freedom in Europe over the image of a hospital bed untethered from reality.
Composer Nick Hallett, baritone Matthew Gamble, and DJ Tony Monkey accompany the accomplished dancers of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company with a delirious mixture of pop music, lullabies, house music, and more. Video design by Janet Wong turns the stage into a simulated battleground; through the fog, Jones’s words to his nephew, a talented dancer whose life took a tragic turn, come alive on stage.
Don’t miss free pre-performance talks with Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, 30 minutes before each performance in the State Street Corporation Lobby.
First Republic Bank is proud to sponsor the ICA’s 2016–17 Performance Season.
Access for Boston’s dance community is supported in part by the Pratt-Hall Fund.
