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Program Notes

The Mann and New York Live Arts
present

BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY

Bill T. Jones
Co-Founder & Artistic Director

Janet Wong
 
Associate Artistic Director

Featuring

The Company
Barrington Hinds, Dean Husted, Jada Jenai,
Shane Larson, s. lumbert, Danielle Marshall,
Marie Lloyd Paspe, Jacoby Pruitt,
Nayaa Opong, Huiwang Zhang

with Bill T. Jones

 

Musicians
Phillip Bullock, Shaq Hester, Stacy Penson, Carlton Taylor

with

CHOIR

Valerie Gay, Carrie Lessene, Milo Morris, William Ramsey
Kerry Robinson,Melinda Steffy, Javvieaus Stewart

in

Deep Blue Sea

Conceived and Directed by Bill T. Jones
Choreography by Bill T. Jones with Janet Wong and the Company
Visual Environment, Video Projection and Lighting Design by Elizabeth Diller (DS+R) and Peter Nigrini*
Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel*
Original Music composed by Nick Hallett 
Electronic Score by HPrizm aka High Priest, Rena Anakwe and Holland Andrews
Co-Music Direction by Stacy Penson
Original Sound Design by Mark Grey
Sound Design by Andrew Lulling
Costume Design by Liz Prince
Dramaturgy by Mark Hairston
Text by Bill T. Jones and Mark Hairston
*Denotes Member of the United Scenic Arts Union (USA)

 

Text excerpts from:

W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk
Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream”
Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”
Herman Melville, Moby Dick


Musical excerpts from:

"Get Right Church” (traditional), performed by Empire Jubilee Quartet; courtesy of Document Records

“Black Gal (I Don’t Want No Jet Black Woman)” (traditional), performed by prisoners of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, recorded by Alan Lomax

 

The Hymn

Text: Herman Melville 
Melody: Chanel Howard
Part I Performed by: Danielle Marshall and Vocalists
Part II Performed by: Danielle Marshall, Marie Lloyd Paspe and Jada Jenai

 

The ribs and terrors in the whale
Arched over me a dismal gloom
While all God’s sunlit rays rolled by
And left me deepening down to doom

I saw the opening maw of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none but they that feel can tell—
Oh, I was plunging to despair.

 

Programming & Production Staff
Kyle Maude, Producing Director
Veronica Falborn, Producer
Alex Knezo, Design Associate, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro
Dan Scully, Associate Projection Designer
Michael Cunningham, Associate Lighting Designer
Hillery Makatura, Director of Production
Megan Dechaine, Production Stage Manager
Charles Cobbertt, III, Assistant Stage Manager
Shay Watson, Sound Engineer
Projection Animator, Robert Figueira
Projection Programmer, Benjamin Keightley
Additional Animation, Andrew Bauer
Additional Animation, Ryan Belock
Projection Engineer, Asher Robinson

 

 

Program Notes

The Mann and New York Live Arts
present

BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY

Bill T. Jones
Co-Founder & Artistic Director

Janet Wong
 
Associate Artistic Director

Featuring

The Company
Barrington Hinds, Dean Husted, Jada Jenai,
Shane Larson, s. lumbert, Danielle Marshall,
Marie Lloyd Paspe, Jacoby Pruitt,
Nayaa Opong, Huiwang Zhang

with Bill T. Jones

 

Musicians
Phillip Bullock, Shaq Hester, Stacy Penson, Carlton Taylor

with

CHOIR

Valerie Gay, Carrie Lessene, Milo Morris, William Ramsey
Kerry Robinson,Melinda Steffy, Javvieaus Stewart

in

Deep Blue Sea

Conceived and Directed by Bill T. Jones
Choreography by Bill T. Jones with Janet Wong and the Company
Visual Environment, Video Projection and Lighting Design by Elizabeth Diller (DS+R) and Peter Nigrini*
Lighting Design by Robert Wierzel*
Original Music composed by Nick Hallett 
Electronic Score by HPrizm aka High Priest, Rena Anakwe and Holland Andrews
Co-Music Direction by Stacy Penson
Original Sound Design by Mark Grey
Sound Design by Andrew Lulling
Costume Design by Liz Prince
Dramaturgy by Mark Hairston
Text by Bill T. Jones and Mark Hairston
*Denotes Member of the United Scenic Arts Union (USA)

 

Text excerpts from:

W.E.B. Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk
Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream”
Kendrick Lamar, “Never Catch Me”
Herman Melville, Moby Dick


Musical excerpts from:

"Get Right Church” (traditional), performed by Empire Jubilee Quartet; courtesy of Document Records

“Black Gal (I Don’t Want No Jet Black Woman)” (traditional), performed by prisoners of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, recorded by Alan Lomax

 

The Hymn

Text: Herman Melville 
Melody: Chanel Howard
Part I Performed by: Danielle Marshall and Vocalists
Part II Performed by: Danielle Marshall, Marie Lloyd Paspe and Jada Jenai

 

The ribs and terrors in the whale
Arched over me a dismal gloom
While all God’s sunlit rays rolled by
And left me deepening down to doom

I saw the opening maw of hell,
With endless pains and sorrows there;
Which none but they that feel can tell—
Oh, I was plunging to despair.

 

Programming & Production Staff
Kyle Maude, Producing Director
Veronica Falborn, Producer
Alex Knezo, Design Associate, Diller, Scofidio + Renfro
Dan Scully, Associate Projection Designer
Michael Cunningham, Associate Lighting Designer
Hillery Makatura, Director of Production
Megan Dechaine, Production Stage Manager
Charles Cobbertt, III, Assistant Stage Manager
Shay Watson, Sound Engineer
Projection Animator, Robert Figueira
Projection Programmer, Benjamin Keightley
Additional Animation, Andrew Bauer
Additional Animation, Ryan Belock
Projection Engineer, Asher Robinson