Social Distance Hall – A New Commission by Park Avenue Armory

Afterwardsness

Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company

Social Distance Hall – A New Commission by Park Avenue Armory

Afterwardsness

Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company

May 19, 2021 - May 26, 2021

Wade Thompson Drill Hall

Afterwardsness is a hypnotic new commission by Tony Award-winning choreographer, director, and dancer Bill T. Jones. Performed by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company in the expansive Wade Thompson Drill Hall for an audience of 100, Afterwardsness addresses the isolation and trauma of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and on-going violence against Black bodies. The poignancy of the movement is under-pinned by a musical landscape featuring a new vocal composition by Holland Andrews, a violin solo for George Floyd entitled “Homage” by Pauline Kim Harris, as well as excerpts from Olivier Messaien’s war-time composition Quartet for the End of Time.

Run Time

This performance is approximately 65 minutes with no intermission.

“The experience was real, a feast after famine”

The New York Times

Gallery

  • Vinson Fraley, Jr. in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Huiwang Zhang in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Barrington Hinds in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Nayaa Opong in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Dean Husted in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Marie Lloyd Paspe and Nayaa Opong in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  •  Nayaa Opong and Chanel Howard in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Huiwang Zhang in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Marie Lloyd Paspe and Barrington Hinds in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Nayaa Opong, Vinson Fraley, Jr., Shane Larson, Huiwang Zhang, and Barrington Hinds in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Holland Andrews in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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  • Barrington Hinds in Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness at Park Avenue Armory.
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Bill T. Jones' Afterwardsness | Trailer

Artists & Creatives

  • Creator, Director & Choreographer

    Bill T. Jones

  • Associate Artistic Director

    Janet Wong

  • Lighting Designer

    Brian H. Scott

  • Sound Designer

    Mark Grey

  • Music Director, Violinist, & Composer

    Pauline Kim Harris

  • Composer, Vocalist

    Holland Andrews

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