“Deep Blue Sea”
Bill T. Jones
Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory New York, New York
October 3, 2021
By Gay Morris
Copyright 2021 by Gay Morris
When, on Sunday, the audience entered the Park Avenue Armory to see Bill T. Jones’ latest work, “Deep Blue Sea,” Jones was already there. He slowly moved through various patterns, as people flowed past him. Then he shifted to another part of the enormous space of the Drill Hall to go through more patterns, actions which he continued to execute in different parts of the space as the lights went down. Jones is nearing seventy, but he still moves with cat-like grace, and as “Deep Blue Sea” testified, he has lost none of the forceful energy for calling out racism that he exhibited in his early dances more than forty years ago.