Photos of an poignant, evocative dance
"Story/Time," performed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, is a study in randomness.
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The performance is made up of a series of 70 one-minute stories accompanied by 35 dance snippets.
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The order of the brief dances is shuffled randomly every few performances. Above, author Bill T. Jones read one of his stories as I-Ling Liu performed.
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The stories sometimes seem as random as the dances, bouncing from snakes and deer to concentration camps and champagne.
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On opening night, Jones asked the audience to "get rid of the glue" and let a little chaos in.
Paul B. Goode
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