Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company "...we wanted to create a company, an environment, reflective of the world we wanted to live in.
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By this we meant that people would not be limited by their gender, race or ethnicity, in what they danced, how they danced or with whom they danced" -BTJ

Tonight’s the night ✨ The World Premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”“To respond to this moment ...
09/10/2026

Tonight’s the night ✨ The World Premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”

“To respond to this moment in the past when the world stopped, l am looking for a portrait of the external and the internal world of individuals like myself living in contemporary New York trying to be a responsive participant in the world right now. This is the curriculum I’m studying — what does it sound like? What does it move like? I would like to say that the piece wants to be bigger than the bodies that will be my company, that it will be a reflection of what’s seen in the families, speaking every language in the globe, out there by the water looking out at the Statue.” - Bill T. Jones

September 10 & 12-13, 7:30pm
Free & Open to the Public at Wagner Park, Battery City
RSVP at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council bio

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

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Conceived and directed by Bill T. Jones
Musical Composition by Samora Pinderhughes
Choreography by Bill T. Jones with Shayla-Vie Jenkins and the Company
Rehearsal Direction by Shayla-Vie Jenkins
Costume design by Liz Prince
Costume Assistance by Khari Walser
Lighting Design by Serena Wong

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music:
Musical Composition Samora Pinderhughes
Vocal Direction Nio Levon
Vocal Performance Julia Easterlin Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson & Schadrack Pierre
Guitar Performance 
Percussion & Drumset Frankie Leroux
Bass ᴊᴏsʜ ʜᴀʀɪ
Keyboards & Music Direction Chris Pattishall

Photos by Maria Baranova
Maria Baranova

       

Our new World Premiere is tomorrow! Please swipe to read some press about the work and its origins. See it for yourself ...
09/09/2026

Our new World Premiere is tomorrow! Please swipe to read some press about the work and its origins. See it for yourself tomorrow or this weekend — learn more at the link in our bio!

September 10 & 12-13, 7:30pm
Free & Open to the Public at Wagner Park, Battery City
RSVP at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council bio

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

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Media by Guarionex Rodriguez (The New York Times), Cole Witter, & Monique Carboni

09/08/2026

This week! Experience the World Premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”

Bill T. Jones and Samora Pinderhughes’ collaboration forges an intergenerational bridge as both artists search within themselves and their respective creative interests to meditate on loss, and their distinct responses to the 25-year aftermath of 9/11 and other cataclysms spiralling into our era of loss of freedom, speech, movement, and justice. The work’s setting in public space likewise opens it into a reflection not only of two artists’ considerations of our past and present, but that of everyone there looking out from the park “at the aspirational symbol of America,” as Jones describes—the Statue of Liberty.

Music: “process” by Samora Pinderhuges

Free & Open to the Public at Wagner Park, Battery City
RSVP at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council bio

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music:
Vocal Direction Nio Levon
Vocal Performance Julia Easterlin Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson & Schadrack Pierre
Guitar Performance Asher Kurtz
Percussion & Drumset Frankie Leroux
Bass ᴊᴏsʜ ʜᴀʀɪ
Keyboards & Music Direction Chris Pattishall

Video filmed and edited by jonathan

       

09/03/2026

Join us September 10 & 12–13 for the World Premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”

Bill T. Jones and the Company have been in process this summer with Composer Samora Pinderhughes for the creation of a new work 🤍

The Company was set to premiere a new work presented by LMCC on September 12, 2001…Now 25 years later, LMCC has invited Bill to make another work in response to our current American moment. Bill T. Jones’s new work concludes LMCC’s 25th Annual River To River Festival and blends striking choreography and a live original score to powerfully weave together reflections on loss, love, freedom, and resilience.

Music: “process” by Samora Pinderhuges

Free & Open to the Public at Wagner Park, Battery City
RSVP at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council bio

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music:
Vocal direction by Nio Levon
Vocal performance by Julia Easterlin, Jehbreal Jackson & Schadrack Pierre
Guitar performance by Asher Kurtz
Percussion & Drumset by Frankie Leroux
Bass by Josh Hari
Keyboards & Music Direction by Chris Pattishall

Video filmed and edited by jonathan

       

Last week, we welcomed close friends and supporters for an invited rehearsal and a first glimpse at our newest creation!...
09/02/2026

Last week, we welcomed close friends and supporters for an invited rehearsal and a first glimpse at our newest creation!

We’re just over a week away from the World Premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!” and couldn’t be more excited to share this work with the New York community!

A special thank you to our Partners in Creation for their continued support in the development of new work! Help support the continued creation of new work by donating through the link in our bio or at newyorklivearts.org/support 💛

World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public at Wagner Park, Battery City
RSVP at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council bio

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Photos by jonathan

       

08/26/2026

Here’s another look at our upcoming premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”  

A new creation by Bill T. Jones with an original musical composition by Samora Pinderhuges! Together, the two built a playlist, at the heart of which is the ancient teaching embedded in Nina Simone’s warmly gutting rendition of “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” Pete Seeger’s twist on the Book of Ecclesiastes— RSVP and learn more at the link in our bio!

Company Performers featured here include Justin Rainey, Ryan Charles-Marc, Philip Strom and Babou Sanneh!

“Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”
World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public - Wagner Park, Battery City

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music: “process”
Original composition and lyrics by Samora Pinderhuges

       

08/25/2026

Here’s another look at our upcoming premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”  

A new creation by Bill T. Jones with an original musical composition by Samora Pinderhuges! Together, the two built a playlist, at the heart of which is the ancient teaching embedded in Nina Simone’s warmly gutting rendition of “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season),” Pete Seeger’s twist on the Book of Ecclesiastes— RSVP and learn more at the link in our bio!

“Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”
World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public - Wagner Park, Battery City

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music: “process”
Original composition and lyrics by Samora Pinderhuges

       

08/18/2026

This week in our theater, we continue building towards the world premiere of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!” 

Here’s a sneak peak into our process with an original musical composition by Samora Pinderhuges, featuring new Company Performer Ryan Charles-Marc! 

Jones and Pinderhughes’ collaboration forges an intergenerational bridge as both artists search within themselves and their respective creative interests to meditate on loss, and their distinct responses to the 25-year aftermath of 9/11 and other cataclysms spiralling into our era of loss of freedom, speech, movement, and justice.

“Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”
World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public - Wagner Park, Battery City

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Music: “process”
Original composition and lyrics by Samora Pinderhuges

       

We are just one month out from our World Premiere by Bill T. Jones!Our new work “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Tur...
08/12/2026

We are just one month out from our World Premiere by Bill T. Jones!

Our new work “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!” concludes LMCC’s 25th Annual River To River Festival and blends striking choreography and a live original score by acclaimed composer and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes to powerfully weave together reflections on loss, love, freedom, and resilience. Our “Curriculum” series originated in reference to a quote from Cameroonian historian and political theorist Achille Mbembe in a 2018 interview, in which he proposed an archive-expanding “planetary curriculum.” Taking inspiration from this idea, Bill T. Jones has now created three (and with this, his fourth) “Curriculum” works colliding formal exploration with urgent contemporary questions. The multi-work pursuit takes a protean approach to asking, as he describes, “What does a contemporary progressive person have to know to live and work efficiently and morally in the world today?”

Learn more and RSVP via the link our bio!

“Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”
World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free Admission, Please RVSP
Wagner Park, Battery City

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

Photos by Cole Witter

       

08/07/2026

Bill T. Jones and the Company welcome acclaimed composer Samora Pinderhughes back from tour as we continue working on our upcoming world premiere!

Jones and Pinderhughes’ collaboration forges an intergenerational bridge as both artists search within themselves and their respective creative interests to meditate on loss, and their distinct responses to the 25-year aftermath of 9/11 and other cataclysms spiraling into our era of loss of freedom, speech, movement, and justice. The work’s setting in public space likewise opens it into a reflection not only of two artists’ considerations of our past and present, but that of everyone there looking out from the park “at the aspirational symbol of America,” as Jones describes—the Statue of Liberty.

We can’t wait to kick off our season with you all at Wagner Park— Learn more and RSVP via the link our bio!

“Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!”
World Premiere
September 10 & 12–13, 7:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public - Wagner Park, Battery City

Commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority

•••

Company Performers:
Babou Sanneh
Barrington Hinds
Camille Phelps
Hannah Seiden
Justin Rainey
Mak Thornquest
Philip Strom
Rosa Allegra Wolff
Ryan Charles-Marc
Wyeth Walker

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