Story/Time (2014)

seventy of his own short stories, arranged anew for each performance by chance procedure. In Story/Time, Jones fuses the age-old art of storytelling with a vibrant landscape of contemporary movement and music. Similar to a busy streetscape or a crowded room, the experience challenges audience members to find meaning and connection in the sweep of randomized, disparate elements. Jones’ short stories are drawn from his own life and taleshanded down through the generations of his family. In layering a traditional form against the avant-garde compositional concerns of the mid-century modernists, the tension between high and low art is called in to question. In his first project with the Company, composer, musician, and intermedia artist Ted Coffey, Ph.D. composes and performs a new acoustic and electronic score that draws upon chance procedure and interactive technologies.Long-time Company collaborators Robert Wierzel (lighting design), Bjorn Amelan (décor), and Liz Prince(costume design) create the stage environment. World Premiere in January 2012 at Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ). Co-commissioned by Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ) and the Walker Art Center. Developed in residence at Arizona State University Gammage Auditorium, Bard College, Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair StateUniversity, University of Virginia, and the Walker Art Center.