The gifts of mortality and movement, from Notes From America

Published: Oct. 10, 2024, 5 p.m.

This week, we\u2019re sharing an episode of another podcast we think you\u2019ll love. \u201cNotes From America With Kai Wright” is a show from WNYC Studios about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future. In this episode, Wright interviews choreographer Bill T. Jones about his groundbreaking dance performance \u201cStill/Here.\u201d Jones shares his reflections on creating such an essential piece of performance art amid the AIDS epidemic and while grieving his own partner, what he learned from spending time with the \u201csurvivors\u201d who inspired it, and how \u201cStill/Here\u201d has evolved for a new generation of audiences.

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