Press Release

1. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND PHOTOS CONTACT:
Mariclare Hulbert, Director of Marketing and Communication
413.243.9919 x130
mhulbert@jacobspillow.org
-or-
Toni Bolger, Public Relations Coordinator
413.243.9919 x132
tbolger@jacobspillow.org
JACOB’S PILLOW PRESENTS
BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY
IN STORY/TIME
A NEW DANCE WORK INSPIRED BY JOHN CAGE
PART OF THE COMPANY’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
July 25, 2012–(Becket, MA) Jacob’s Pillow presents Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in the new
work Story/Time, created by acclaimed Tony Award-winner and legendary performer, Artistic
Director Bill T. Jones. Inspired by composer John Cage’s “Indeterminacy” (1958), Jones explores
new choreographic territory in this dance theatre work in which he narrates onstage, as his revered
company performs. Jones integrates text and spoken word with live music and choreography using
chance procedure to create a unique work that The San Francisco Chronicle calls, “a dance theater
rollercoaster with surprises around every corner.” As part of its 30th anniversary tour through the
U.S. and Europe, the company will perform Story/Time July 25–29 in the Ted Shawn Theatre.
“Bill T. Jones is one of the great dancers of all time, a break-through choreographer and director
both for his own company and major award-winning Broadway shows, a provocative thinker, a
creative force—which is why we were proud to present him with the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award in
2010,” stated Ella Baff, Executive and Artistic Director of Jacob’s Pillow. “Another of Bill’s gifts is his
beautiful, commanding voice, whether singing or speaking, and he is the narrator of a new movie
about dance and Jacob’s Pillow called Never Stand Still. In Story/Time, we hear and see Bill on
stage throughout the show, inviting us in with a grab-bag of mini-stories he has written, while his
company unleashes athletic, dramatic moves with full throttle commitment.”
The prevailing image of Story/Time is Jones narrating onstage from an assortment of randomly-
selected one-minute short stories that are accompanied by intermittently synchronized periods of set
choreography and structured improvisation, as well as live music by composer Ted Coffey. This
timely work is a nod to “Indeterminacy” by the pioneering modernist composer John Cage, as 2012
marks the centennial of Cage’s birth. Similar to “Indeterminacy,” Story/Time is directed by chance
procedure, using Random.org, a random number-generating service, to determine the selection of
stories and the order in which they are read. As a result, no two shows are alike, rendering every
performance a one-of-a-kind opportunity. The work consists of 70 one-minute stories, written by
Jones himself, and provides significant insight into his life and career beyond the stage. Story/Time
manifests Jones’s initiative to explore different choreographic approaches, making this work unlike
any of his past productions, and one which Robert Johnson of Dance Magazine renders “wondrously
original.”

2. Bill T. Jones was awarded the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award in 2010, joining other visionary recipients
including Merce Cunningham, Alonzo King, and Crystal Pite. Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Dance
Company has performed at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival numerous times, most recently in 2008
and 2010.
Bill T. Jones, a choreographer, dancer, theater director, and writer, is one of the most celebrated
and influential artists of his generation. In addition to creating works for his own company, he has
also choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, and Lyon Opera Ballet,
among others. A recipient of the 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award and named “An Irreplaceable
Dance Treasure” by the Dance Heritage Coalition in 2000, Jones was inducted into the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2009; he was most recently awarded Kennedy Center Honors in
2010 and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award that same year. He is the winner of the 2010 Tony Award
for Best Choreography in the critically acclaimed FELA!, the musical which he co-conceived, co-
wrote, directed and choreographed. Jones also earned a 2007 Tony Award for Best Choreography
in Spring Awakening, as well as an Obie Award for the show’s 2006 Off-Broadway run. His
choreography for the Off-Broadway production The Seven earned him a 2006 Lucille Lortel Award.
In 2011, Jones was named Executive Artistic Director of New York Lives Arts, a collaborative
program between his company and Dance Theater Workshop.
Now in its 30th year, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company was born out of eleven-year
collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane (1948–1988). During this time, they redefined
the duet form and foreshadowed issues of identity, form, and social commentary that would change
the face of American dance. Today, the nine-member company has performed worldwide in over
200 cities in 40 countries on every major continent and is recognized as one of the most innovative
and powerful forces in the dance theatre world. In 2011, the company merged with Dance Theater
Workshop to form New York Live Arts.
Ted Coffey makes acoustic and electronic chamber music, interactive installations, and songs. His
work has been presented in concerts and festivals across North America, Europe and Asia. His
writings on the aesthetics and social politics of transmissive networks in the arts have received
awards from the Josephine De Kármán and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations. He is currently an
Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he teaches courses in composition, music
technologies, critical theory, and pop. This is Coffey's first collaboration with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company.
RELATED EVENT
Sunday Film Event – Never Stand Still
Sunday, July 29, 4:30pm
Winner of “Best Documentary” prizes at Dance Camera West and the San Francisco Dance Film
Festival, the dance film Never Stand Still has been screened at film festivals and theatres across the
U.S. and Europe. This feature-length documentary about dance, filmed over many seasons at the
Pillow, is directed by Ron Honsa, narrated by acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones and includes
performances and interviews with acclaimed dance artists including Suzanne Farrell, Paul Taylor,
Judith Jamison, Merce Cunningham, Rasta Thomas, Shantala Shivalingappa, and many others.
Tickets $10, available at jacobspillow.org and via phone 413.243.0745. Jones himself will be on
hand to introduce the film.
Performance and Ticket Information
Story/Time
Ted Shawn Theatre
Wednesday, July 25 through Saturday July 28 at 8pm
Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29 at 2pm

3. Free Pre-Show Talks with Jacob’s Pillow Scholars-in-Residence are offered in Blake’s Barn
30 minutes before every performance.
A Post-Show Talk with members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and a
Pillow Scholar will take place onstage on Friday, July 20.
Tickets $39–64. Now on sale online at jacobspillow.org, via phone at 413.243.0745, or in
person at the Jacob’s Pillow Box Office.
Box Office hours: Monday and Tuesday, 10am–6pm, Wednesday through Saturday 10am–
8pm, and Sunday 11am–5pm.
Jacob’s Pillow is located at 358 George Carter Road in Becket, MA, 01223 (10 minutes east
on Route 20 from Mass Pike Exit 2). The Jacob’s Pillow campus and theatres are
handicapped-accessible.
IN THE DORIS DUKE THEATRE, JULY 25–29
Jessica Lang Dance
Doris Duke Theatre
Wednesday, July 25 – Saturday, July 28, 8:15pm
Saturday, July 28 & Sunday, July 29, 2:15pm
FULL COMPANY DEBUT
LIVE MUSIC
A former member of Twyla Tharp’s company THARP!, Jessica Lang is known for her artfully crafted,
emotionally engaging contemporary ballets. She has created more than 75 works for companies
including Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Ailey II, and ABT II, among others. Lang
recently founded her own ensemble, Jessica Lang Dance, and her Pillow program marks the first
full-evening engagement for the company. A program chock-full of variety shows Lang as a prolific
dance maker and will include the duet Among the Stars, called an “exquisite lyrical performance
filled with sensual chemistry” (Marilee Vergati, Dallas Dance Examiner); the dramatic and rigorously
structured work Lines Cubed; and The Calling (from Splendid Isolation III), a gorgeous solo set to
the music of Trio Mediæval; among other works. Tickets $38, available at jacobspillow.org and via
phone 413.243.0745.
FREE THIS WEEK JULY 25-29
Free Inside/Out Performance: Nutmeg Conservatory
Wednesday, July 25, 6:15pm
Located in nearby Torrington, Connecticut, Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts brings summer
students, professional graduates, and guest artists to present excerpts from Marius Petipa's La
Bayadère, a classical pas de deux, a selection of contemporary works, and choreography from
Nutmeg's Artistic Director Victoria Mazzarelli. FREE
Free Inside/Out Performance: skybetter and associates
Thursday, July 26, 6:15pm
Brooklyn-based skybetter and associates presents a series of works by Artistic Director Sydney
Skybetter, whose works are "quietly elegant...full-bodied, and serene" (The New Yorker). Little Boy
takes its creative dance vocabulary from Skybetter's infant son, and Near Abroad, set to music by
Arvo Pärt, is a poignant duet that tackles themes of shared loss. FREE
Free PillowTalk: Jessica Lang on Creating a Company
Friday, July 27, 5pm
Known primarily as a prolific choreographer of more than 75 works for both ballet and modern

4. troupes, Jessica Lang talks about a new creative endeavor as she launches her own company this
week at the Pillow. FREE
Free Inside/Out Performance: Jeremy McQueen
Friday, July 28, 6:15pm
Emerging performer and choreographer, Jeremy McQueen, of the Broadway musicals Wicked and
The Color Purple, brings a cast of fifteen to Jacob's Pillow to perform a selection of his most popular
works. McQueen will present a contemporary response to Bach’s "Concerto in D Minor for Two
Violins" with his exuberant, joyous Concerto Nuovo ballet "giving an animal pack feel to the fast and
furious movement" (Harlem World Magazine). McQueen, a 2008 graduate of the Ailey
School/Fordham University, B.F.A. in Dance program, aims to bring forth a contemporary sensibility
to concert dance by infusing his technical training and experience with his personal vision of
athleticism, emotional depth and intimacy. FREE
Free PillowTalk: Night’s Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins
Saturday, July 28, 4pm
Janet Collins was a pioneering African-American ballerina who appeared at the Pillow in 1949 and
broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera. She is now the subject of a fascinating new book
by Yaël Tamar Lewin, which will be discussed in this PillowTalk. FREE
Free Inside/Out Performance: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program
Saturday, July 28, 6:15pm
Concluding three weeks of study under master teacher Milton Myers, dancers present work created
on them by choreographer Tony Fabre, formerly artistic director of Spain's acclaimed contemporary
dance company CND2. FREE
FREE EXHIBITS—OPEN JUNE 20–AUGUST 26
Decades of Dance
Blake's Barn
Open Tues-Sun, noon to approx 10pm
From its inception in 1933 to the present day, Jacob's Pillow has been home to extraordinary dance
from around the world. In celebration of the Pillow's 80th Anniversary Season, remarkable images
from each decade are grouped thematically in a unique commemorative exhibition. Culled from the
extensive Jacob's Pillow Archives, this cornucopia of treasures includes a virtual Who's Who of the
dance world and features rare materials never before exhibited. FREE
Old / Pillow
Ted Shawn Theatre Lobby
Open 60 minutes before every Ted Shawn Theatre performance
New York photographer Toby Old has focused his lens on specific locations like Coney Island and
Times Square, and explored themes such as fashion shows, nightclubs, and boxing matches. His
Jacob’s Pillow visits over the past five years have yielded images that capture both the place and the
people who enliven it. Some of these photographs were recently featured in a Paris gallery; this
exhibit marks the first time they have been shown in the U.S. FREE
Ivan Chermayeff Designs
Doris Duke Theatre Lobby
Open 60 minutes before every Doris Duke Theatre performance
A celebrated designer, illustrator, and artist, Ivan Chermayeff has created familiarly iconic images for
hundreds of prominent clients such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian and has won
numerous awards. In 1955, with Tom Geismar, he co-founded the internationally-known New York
City design firm Chermayeff & Geismar. Chermayeff's designs for Jacob's Pillow in the 1980s and

5. 90s are still remembered for their bold vision and originality, and many are collected here for the first
time. FREE
Precious Medals
Blake's Barn
Open Tues–Sun, noon to approx 10pm
When President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Arts to Jacob's Pillow at the White
House last year, the Pillow became the first dance presenting organization ever to receive this
distinction. The medal itself and the signed presidential proclamation are on display in this exhibit
along with some of the other awards received by the Pillow and its founder, Ted Shawn, including
the Capezio Award, the Commonwealth Award, Shawn's medal from the King of Denmark, and other
treasures. FREE
Anniversary Highlights, Part 2
Bakalar Studio
Open to the public whenever classes or rehearsals are not in session
Photos from past Pillow seasons traditionally line the Bakalar Studio walls, and the current 80th
Anniversary Festival offers a special opportunity to look back at memorable images from the
Festival's history. FREE
Jacob's Pillow Dance Archives
Blake's Barn
Open Tues–Sun, noon to approx 10pm
This informal library and reading room allows impromptu visitors to view videos, browse through
books, access the Pillow's computer catalog, or peruse permanent collections of Pillow programs
and photographs. Pillow Interactive, the popular touch-screen kiosk, provides instant access to rare
film clips ranging from the present-day back to the 1930s, and the Dance Heritage Coalition's new
Secure Media Network features videos from other archives throughout the country. FREE
Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating its 80th Anniversary Festival in 2012, is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of
Arts, and home to America's longest running international dance festival. The Festival includes more than 50 national and
international dance companies and 300 free and ticketed performances, talks, tours, classes, exhibits, and events. The School at
Jacob’s Pillow, one of the most prestigious professional dance training centers in the U.S., encompasses the diverse disciplines of
Ballet, Cultural Traditions, Contemporary, and Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance, as well as an Intern Program in various departments of
arts administration and production. The Pillow’s extensive Archives, open year-round to the public, chronicle more than 80 years of
dance in photographs, programs, books, costumes, audiotapes, and video. Year-round Community Programs enrich the lives of
children and adults through public classes, residencies in area schools, and more than 200 free public events. Through Jacob’s
Pillow Curriculum in Motion®, a nationally-recognized program, artist-educators work with Berkshire County teachers and students
grades K-12, transforming existing curricula such as biology, literature, and history into kinesthetic and creative learning
experiences. Creative Development Residencies, in which dance companies are invited to live and work at the Pillow and enjoy
unlimited studio time; choreography commissions; and the annual $25,000 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award all support visionary
dance artists and choreographers. Virtual Pillow is aimed at expanding global audiences for dance and offers the opportunity to
experience dance and Jacob's Pillow from anywhere in the world via online interactive exhibits, global video networks, and mobile
social media. As part of the Virtual Pillow initiative, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive, is a curated online video collection of dance
highlights from 1936 to today. On March 2, 2011, President Obama honored Jacob’s Pillow with a National Medal of Arts, the
highest arts award given by the United States Government. Jacob’s Pillow is the first dance presenting organization to receive this
prestigious award. For more information, visit www.jacobspillow.org.
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