'It's about a triumph in the face of struggle': the enduring power of Bill T Jones's Aids-era ballet
A new documentary looks at a contemporary restaging of D-Man in the Waters, a defining 1989 performance piece about defying a devastating epidemic The movements in D-Man in the Waters are big and sweeping. In it, dancers run, slide or find other graceful ways to hurl themselves across the stage. The 1989 ballet produced by the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane company during the height of the Aids crisis, and explored thorough…