30 years after its premiere at Next Wave 1994, the groundbreaking and then-highly controversial multimedia dance theater work by Bill T. Jones returns to the opera house stage. Created during the AIDS epidemic, one of the most contentious and terrifying periods of US history, Still/Here breaks boundaries between the personal and the political, exemplifying a form of dance theater that is uniquely American. At the heart of the piece are “survival workshops” which Jones conducted across the country with people living with life-threatening illness. The participants are the essence of the piece: their gestures inform the choreography, their words the lyrics, their images the stage; they will always be Still/Here, and this work exists to honor their strength.
Important note for October 31 performance:
Due to BAMboo!, Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street will be closed from 10am—8pm on Thursday, October 31. Please allow for additional time to get here.
Lighting design by Robert Wierzel
Costume design by Liz Prince
“Still” music composed and lyrics arranged by Kenneth Frazelle
“Denial” monologue written by Lawrence Goldhuber
“Here” music composed and arranged by Vernon Reid
The recreation of Still/Here is produced by New York Live Arts with lead support from BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels. Additional support generously provided by ASU Gammage, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth, UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance and Partners in Creation and the Ed Bradley Family Foundation.
Photo: Dan Rest/Courtesy BAM Hamm Archives
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