Ishmael Houston-Jones (born 1951)[1] is a choreographer, author, performer, teacher, curator, and arts advocate known for his improvisational dance and language work. His work has been performed in New York City, across the United States, in Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America. Houston-Jones and Fred Holland shared a 1984 New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award for their work Cowboys, Dreams and Ladders [2] performed at The Kitchen[3] and he shared another Bessie Award in 2011 with writer Dennis Cooper and composer Chris Cochrane for the 2010 revival of their 1985 collaboration, THEM.[4] THEM was performed at Performance Space 122 (PS 122), the American Realness Festival, Springdance in Utrecht, Tanz im August in Berlin, REDCAT in Los Angeles, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and at TAP, Theatre and Auditorium of Poitiers, France.[5][6] The 1985 premier performance of THEM at PS122 was part of New York's first AIDS benefit.[1]
- ^ a b "Ishmael Houston-Jones". The Estate Project. Artists with AIDS. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ ArchiveGrid : Cowboys, dreams, and ladders [videorecording] / [created by] Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland
- ^ The Kitchen: Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland
- ^ http://www.redcat.org/sites/redcat.org/files/event/linked-files/2012-10/tbspMGMT_THEM_Info%2BPress.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Them Ishmael Houston-Jones, Dennis Cooper, Chris Cochrane". PS 122. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ^ "Ishmael Houston-Jones". Miguel Guitierrez and the Powerful People. Retrieved 2014-04-08.