For this Spring 2023 members of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane company will teach "Continuous Replay," a seminal work in the legacy of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. Originally created by Arnie as a duet for Bill and Arnie, it was first performed in 1977 under the title "Hand Dance," and subsequently adapted by Arnie into a solo for himself, and re-titled "Continuous Replay." The piece was expanded into a work for the ten-member Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1991. Arnie came to dance with a background in karate and photography. Both Bill and Arnie were very interested in film and its reliance on frames, essentially individual photographs. As is evident in "Continuous Replay," they spent a substantial amount of time working with the idea of dance being composed of individual frames and used shapes or gestures sped up in time to become full movies—fluid groups of movements or dance. Reinforcing the idea of democratic creation, both Bill and Arnie were interested in creating structures or rules that a group could follow to create a dance that was unique every time it was performed and required spontaneous contribution. This requires the dancers to juggle the task of both unison movement—the strictest form of dancing together—and improvised movement—the least regulated form of dancing together. It forces the dancers to make choices in the moment. The course will be led by Janet Wong (Associate Artistic Director), and current company members Barrington Hinds, s. lumbert, and Huiwang Zhang, with visits from Bill T. Jones and Bjorn G. Amelan (set designer). Bill T. Jones is serving as a Presidential Visiting Scholar at The New School, 2022-2023.