Bill T. Jones

E951898

American artist artistic director choreographer dancer human theatre director

Bill T. Jones is an acclaimed American choreographer, dancer, and director known for his innovative, socially engaged work in contemporary dance and musical theater.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bill T. Jones canonical	4
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11878316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bill T. Jones
Context triple: [Spring Awakening, choreographer, Bill T. Jones]

A. Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais was an influential American choreographer and multimedia dance pioneer known for his abstract, theatrical works that integrated movement, lighting, costumes, and sound into unified stage compositions.
B. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is an American physicist best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.
C. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is an influential American avant-garde theater director and visual artist known for his highly stylized, experimental stage productions and collaborations with prominent composers and performers.
D. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is the terrified airline passenger in the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," who alone sees a gremlin sabotaging the plane's wing.
E. Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley was an American avant-garde composer best known for his innovative operas and experimental works that blended spoken word, electronics, and unconventional theatrical forms.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Bill T. Jones
Target entity description: Bill T. Jones is an acclaimed American choreographer, dancer, and director known for his innovative, socially engaged work in contemporary dance and musical theater.

A. Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais was an influential American choreographer and multimedia dance pioneer known for his abstract, theatrical works that integrated movement, lighting, costumes, and sound into unified stage compositions.
B. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is an American physicist best known for co-discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation, providing key evidence for the Big Bang theory.
C. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is an influential American avant-garde theater director and visual artist known for his highly stylized, experimental stage productions and collaborations with prominent composers and performers.
D. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson is the terrified airline passenger in the classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," who alone sees a gremlin sabotaging the plane's wing.
E. Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley was an American avant-garde composer best known for his innovative operas and experimental works that blended spoken word, electronics, and unconventional theatrical forms.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American artist ⓘ artistic director ⓘ choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ human ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1970s ⓘ
awardReceived	Bessie Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ Obie Award ⓘ Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ Tony Award for Best Choreography in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Tony Award for Best Choreography
birthName	William Tass Jones ⓘ
coFounderOf	Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ⓘ linked to: Bill T. Jones
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1952-02-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	State University of New York at Binghamton ⓘ linked to: Binghamton University
employer	New York Live Arts ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
familyName	Jones ⓘ
fieldOfWork	choreography ⓘ dance ⓘ theatre direction ⓘ
founded	Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ⓘ linked to: Bill T. Jones
genre	modern dance ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasInfluenced	contemporary dance ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
movement	contemporary dance ⓘ postmodern dance ⓘ
name	Bill T. Jones ⓘ
notableFor	exploration of race, identity, and illness in dance ⓘ socially engaged choreography ⓘ
notableWork	D-Man in the Waters ⓘ Fela! ⓘ Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land ⓘ Spring Awakening (revival choreography) ⓘ linked to: Spring Awakening: Deaf West Theatre Broadway revival Still/Here ⓘ
occupation	choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ director ⓘ
partner	Arnie Zane ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bunnell, Florida, United States ⓘ linked to: Bunnell, Florida
positionHeld	artistic director of New York Live Arts ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation	gay ⓘ
spouse	Bjorn Amelan ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spring Awakening → choreographer → Bill T. Jones ⓘ

Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance → notableRecipient → Bill T. Jones ⓘ

Dance Magazine Award → notableRecipient → Bill T. Jones ⓘ

Bill T. Jones → name → Bill T. Jones ⓘ

Bill T. Jones → coFounderOf → Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ⓘ

linked to: Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones → founded → Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company ⓘ