GME Features Jack Mitchell's Photograph of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane On the Occasion of Jones' STILL/HERE Returning to Brooklyn Academy of Music

GME Features Jack Mitchell's Photograph of Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane On the Occasion of Jones' STILL/HERE Returning to Brooklyn Academy of Music

Tonight, October 30th, at 7:30pm, Bill T. Jones' groundbreaking and once-controversial multimedia dance show STILL/HERE returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where it first premiered 30 years ago. In 1983, Bill T. Jones and his partner Arnie Zane founded the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, which is currently in its 42nd season. A year later, Jack Mitchell photographed the duo for the cover of Dance Magazine, posed in front of original artwork by Keith HaringZane and Haring passed away from AIDS-related complications in 1988 and 1990, respectively. As Jones' STILL/HERE makes its triumphant return to the BAM stage, GME features Mitchell's photograph commemorating the legacy of Haring's visual art and Jones and Zane's partnership.

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GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

GME Celebrates the Legacy of Photographer Jack Mitchell During Pride Month

As Pride month comes to a close, GME celebrates the legacy of photographer Jack Mitchell. In 1957 Jack met Bob Pavlik. Within a few weeks they moved together into a large apartment at East 74th Street and York Avenue that afforded them adequate space for a photography studio and darkroom. Bob became Jack’s business and life partner. Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers in more than 6,000 individual sessions.

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