Still/Here

Vernon Reid is a British-born American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour. Reid was named No. 66 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,and in August 2023, was ranked No. 42 in Rolling Stone's top 250 Greatest Guitarists of all time. Critic Steve Huey writes, "[Reid's] rampant eclecticism encompasses everything from heavy metal and punk to funk, R&B and avant-garde jazz, and his anarchic, lightning-fast solos have become something of a hallmark as well.

Arthur Avilés is a Gay New York-Rican. He received a B/A, an Arts and Letters award and an honorary doctorate from Bard College under Jean Churchill, Lenore Latimere, Susan Osberg, Aileen Passloff and Albert Reid. He was a member of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance company from '87 to 95 from which he was honored with a New York Dance and performance (Bessie) award. In '98, he along with Charles Rice-González founded the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!) now 22 years strong. He has appeared in a number of dance films by Marta Renzi. Mr. Avilés is a NYFA Fellow, the recipient of the Mayor's award for Art and Culture and has received a Bronx recognizes its own award. Also he has received a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Master’s Grant from Pregones Theatre. he has also danced for Toby Armour, Tina Croll & Jamie Cunningham, Larry Clark, Doug Elkins, Lawrence Goldhuber, Beth Lipton, Nora Laudoni, Antonio Ramos, Amy Pivar & Freda Rosen, Sarah Pogostin, Mary Ellen Strom & Cindy Lee, Merián Soto and Dawn Watson. Most recently he along with Mr. González received a Bessie award for lifetime achievement.

Gretchen (1951-2004) is a multi disciplinary artist. Her film work includes the television adaptation of Still/Here (Director's Gold Medal-FIPA Awards, France) and the film dream sequence for the dance opera A Mother of Three Sons at Lincoln Center and Houston Grand Opera. As a visual artist, she has had a dozen one person exhibitions and been included in hundreds of group shows . Her work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and The Menil Collection, Houston among others. She has worked extensively with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, including the visual concept and media environments for Still/Here (Bessie Award) and Freedom of Information.

BILL T. JONES (Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Choreographer: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company; Artistic Director: New York Live Arts) was the Associate Artist of the 2020 Holland Festival and recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award; the 2013 National Medal of Arts; the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed Fela!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Callaway Award for his choreography for Spring Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; 2007 USA Eileen Harris Norton Fellowship; 2006 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography for The Seven; 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize; and a 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award. In 2010, Jones was recognized as Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2000, The Dance Heritage Coalition named Jones “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.” Bill has been nominated for the 2022 Tony Awards for his work on Paradise Square. Jones choreographed and performed worldwide with his late partner, Arnie Zane, before forming the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982. He has created more than 140 works for his company. Jones is Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting, and educating.

Rosalynde LeBlanc is a dancer, choreographer, Peabody Award winning producer, and educator. She has been actively performing for 30 years, beginning her performance career with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. Recent leading roles for stage and screen include light and desire by Colleen Thomas, A Torch into Fog by Janessa Clark, Exploration of Feminine Range by Charissa Kroeger, and the KIARI album-release promo for the rapper Offset. She recently choreographed the multimedia, evening-length work Womanland as part of L.A. Dance Project’s LAUNCH L.A. 2025. Roz also produced and co-directed the Peabody award winning documentary Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters She is an honorary inductee in the Jesuit honor society, Alpha Sigma Nu and a recipient of the 2025 Exemplary Women in Dance in L.A. award. Roz is a professor at Loyola Marymount University and chaired the dance program from 2019-2025. She holds dance degrees from SUNY Purchase (BFA) and Hollins University (MFA). She is represented by Bloc L.A. 

Robert is pleased to continue his collaboration with Mr. Goldhuber. Robert has worked in theatre, dance, new music and opera, with artists and directors from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, on stages throughout the country and abroad. Mr. Wierzel has a long history (22 years) with choreographer Bill T. Jones and his company, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company (several Bessie Awards, along with productions at the Lyon Opera Ballet and Berlin Opera Ballet). Other dance collaborations include choreographers Goldhuber & Latsky (Worst Case Scenario-Bessie Award), Margo Sappington, Alonzo King, Sean Curran, Molissa Fenely, Susan Marshall, Charlie Moulton, Arthur Aviles, Trisha Brown, (How long), and Doug Varone, (Orpheus and Euridice - Obie Award-Special Citation). Other credits- Broadway: David Copperfield's Dreams and Nightmares, The Deep Blue Sea. Regional: A.C.T. San Francisco; Arena Stage; Shakespeare Theatre DC; Hartford Stage; Long Wharf Theatre; Goodman Theatre; The Guthrie; Mark Taper Forum; Chicago Shakespeare; Westport Country Playhouse, among many others. Opera companies of Paris (Garnier); Berlin; Tokyo; Toronto; Montreal; Boston; Glimmerglass Opera; New York City Opera; San Diego; San Francisco; Houston; Washington; Seattle; Virginia; Portland; Vancouver; and Chicago, among others. Recent New York project: Fela! A new musical, directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones.

Liz Prince designs costumes for dance, theater and film and has designed numerous works for Bill T. Jones since 1991. Her costumes have been exhibited at: The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Space and Design, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Rockland Center for the Arts. She received a New York Dance and Performance Award (BESSIE) for her body of work in 1990 and she has also been included on a number of Choreographer/Creator BESSIE Awards. She received a 2008 Charles Flint Kellogg Arts and Letters Award from Bard College. Prince teaches Costume Design at Sarah Lawrence College where she is also the Costume Shop Supervisor.

Gregory has been active in media technologies, arts administration, theatre production, commercial and theatrical lighting design, sound design and stage management, as well as audio and video recording technologies, since 1971. During 30+ years of extensive world touring with numerous theatre, music, and dance companies, Mr. Bain has also co-directed a New York City based production company, GLB Presents. In 2003, Gregory directed his media technologies career, and stage management and theatre crafts skills toward becoming more active in early childhood education, human development, and social service activities that promote education, empowerment, and advancement opportunities within underprivileged and underserved families and communities. In 2007 Mr. Bain received a Masters Degree in social work (MSW). 2008 celebrates his 22nd year of collaborating with Lawrence Goldhuber.