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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

presents

Chapel/Chapter

Featuring an exhilarating ensemble of contemporary musicians

[WILLIAMSTOWN, MA, January 13, 2008] – The internationally-acclaimed Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company comes to the Williams College ’62 Center for the first time with the Berkshire premiere of the company’s compelling new work Chapel/Chapter. The performance will take place one night only on Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 pm on the Mainstage, located at 1000 Main Street, in Williamstown, MA.

Forever pushing boundaries, Jones’s new piece forces us once again to look at dance in a new way. Chapel/Chapter creates an intimate experience between the audience and the Company as it retells three stories -- two of them based on high-visibility news items and the third a reminiscence/confession offered by a company member. The New York Times called the resulting triptych “A riveting experience… the visceral impact of this piece is inescapable.”

Chapel/Chapter's spirit is underscored by live music performed by a dynamic ensemble of contemporary musicians: voicestrumentalist Lipbone Redding, a singer/multi-instrumentalist who has been variously described as a vocal trickster and experimental cowboy; cellist Christopher Lancaster, who creates multi-layered, textural music through the use of real-time samplers and effect processing; and soprano Alicia Hall Moran, a classical singer whose influences range from opera to jazz and art song.

Jones’s mission for Chapel/Chapter was to create a self-contained world with its own soundscape and language comprising song, music and words (court transcripts, newspaper articles and jailhouse interviews) in dialogue with a rigorous, joyful movement vocabulary. Proceeding from the assumption that we always live in the court of public opinion, transgression and judgment, the piece strives to invite the "real world" to enter the intimacy of a freely imagined contemplative space. “Rarely has [Mr. Jones] been better able to sublimate his wide-ranging political, social and moral concerns into art. Rarely has the strength of that art made his vision express itself more purely,” states John Rockwell of the New York Times.

The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance continues its tradition of offering some the boldest and most vibrant work in the Berkshires. The third season offers more then 70 different events in its three award-winning theaters.

Our multiple venues will come alive with professional and student productions of new and classic works of theatre, dance, and music. The inclusive and collaborative spirit that defines the arts at Williams runs through each production. The ‘62 Center’s mission of putting performance into the context of, and in the service of, scholarly inquiry manifests itself through the integrated programming, open to the public and Williams students alike (see website for latest information), that accompanies each CenterSeries production. These lectures and symposia, films, master classes taught by artists-in-residence, open rehearsals, and other special events connect what happens on the ‘62 Center’s stages to the Williams and surrounding Berkshire community in a unique way. Art at Williams does not exist at a remove from life on campus, but as an integral part of it, inviting engagement, debate, and celebration.

Chapel/Chapter will be performed on Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 pm on the Williams ’62 Center Mainstage. Tickets are $10/$3 with valid student ID.

For tickets, visit the Williams ’62 Center Box Office between (hours) or call (413) 597-2425. For more information, please visit http://62center.williams.edu

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Randal Fippinger

'62 Center

Williams College

1000 Main Street

Williamstown, MA 01267

Office - 413-597-4808

Fax - 413-597-4815

Cell -646-331-1523

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