The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”

OCT 10, 202454 MIN
This Is Uncomfortable

The gifts of mortality and movement, from “Notes From America”

OCT 10, 202454 MIN

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">This week, we’re sharing an episode of another podcast we think you’ll love. “<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/notesfromamerica?sid=tiu">Notes From America With Kai Wright</a>&#8221; is a show from WNYC Studios about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">In this episode, Wright interviews choreographer Bill T. Jones about his groundbreaking dance performance “Still/Here.” Jones shares his reflections on creating such an essential piece of performance art amid the AIDS epidemic and while grieving his own partner, what he learned from spending time with the “survivors” who inspired it, and how “Still/Here” has evolved for a new generation of audiences.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">To get even more Uncomfortable, </span><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/comfort/"><span style="font-weight: 400">subscribe to our newsletter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">!</span></p>