Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Collage Revisited and Story /

The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company return to the ICA with a program reflecting on history, legacy, and continued experimentation. As recently announced by New York Live Arts, the internationally acclaimed Company will bring its 45-year history of performance and touring to a close in December 2027. This engagement offers Boston audiences one of the final opportunities to experience the Company live before its final season.   In  Collage Revisited , the full company revisits The History of Collage , the last collaboration between Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane before Arnie’s death. Originally created in 1988, the remounting is part of a legacy project for the company — looking back to look forward. The piece recalls the excitement the two artists shared as they set out to reconsider dance spectacle during the 1980s art scene. Collage Revisited blends dance, music, and spoken word, exploring themes of identity. Story/  is the latest result of the company’s continued investigation in using John Cage’s Indeterminacy as a choreographic tool. Following the model for the acclaimed  Story/Time , the work employs a random menu of movement that is accompanied by Franz Schubert’s  String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden) to craft a conversation between the music and the movement. Support for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: Collage Revisited and Story / is provided, in part, by The David Henry Fund for Performance. Story/  was developed in residence at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. Story/  and  Collage Revisited  were developed with residency support from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Kaatsbaan Cultural Park.