(...) Mr. Jones is among a handful of choreographers who have
found success in very different forms and with different audiences, said Linda
Shelton, the executive director of the Joyce Theater, citing Twyla Tharp and
Garth Fagan as other examples. “He does it, and he does it well,” Ms. Shelton
said of Mr. Jones’s balancing act. “He’s one of the few and he’s been quite
successful — two Tony Awards and he is still able to maintain a dance company.”
In the world that shaped him (and Mr. Cage, whose centennial is celebrated this
year), there was a seemingly unbridgeable divide between what might be called
popular and more highbrow culture, Mr. Jones suggested. “I don’t think that’s true
anymore,” he said. “My listening tastes, films I see, my friends and I, we love
action movies, we love anything that’s mythological or fantastic, we go for
special effects.” He added: “How much can you pull an audience along? I don’t
know. I believe in the new Broadway, I believe it’s possible, that’s why I’m
here.”...
by Felicia R. Lee, The New York Times, January 18, 2012
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