Omnibus (1967)

Bill T Jones (1994x6)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 05, 1994

In the hothouse of the American dance world, choreographer Bill T Jones is one of the brightest stars. His 1990 work, Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin, shocked New York audiences with its confrontation of racism, sexism, sexuality, religion and AIDS, but brought standing ovations at its close when, every evening, the stage was occupied by 50 naked dancers. Mischa Scorer's Omnibus film follows Jones and his company during the creation of Last Supper, and explores the events in Jones's own life that inform his radical dance style. Born to a poor farming family in upstate New York, athlete Jones went to college to study theatre and in 1971 met Arnie Zane, the man who was to become his lover, life-long partner and co-founder of the dance company. When Zane died from an AIDS-related illness in 1988, Jones's world was shattered; Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin is, in part, his response to that loss.