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  • Bill T. Jones
    Bill T. Jones

    …choreographed, and directed the musical Fela! (2008), about the life of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. For his exuberant choreography, he won a second Tony Award. Jones’s later work included Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray(2009), a commission for the Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois, commemorating the bicentennial…

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    …choreographed, and directed the musical Fela! (2008), about the life of Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. For his exuberant choreography, he won a second Tony Award. Jones’s later work included Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray(2009), a commission for the Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, Illinois, commemorating the bicentennial…

    Read More