Interesting....

After a day full of bad news, I tried to distract myself with 'good' news. Somehow I landed on Bill Moyer's Journal, a PBS broadcast. His guest on the 12th was Bill T. Jones, an incredibly gifted dancer and now choreographer who specialises in modern dance.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02122010/watch.html

I like Moyers' show. He is a thoughtful and very interesting interviewer. And I like Jones' choreography. And I once had the good luck to see Arnie Zane here in my little burg, who co-founded the dance troupe with Jones, and was an astounding dancer. Zane died waaay too young.

Jones has a new programme out about Abraham Lincoln. The 50 minute video was fascinating, just what I needed to take my mind off of ugly things. With lots of clips from the program. (I love modern dance... if it is done without endangering the dancers like the horrible John Forsythe ...)

The interview was very illuminating. And surprising, the connections Jones made to our era, and back then. It isn't what you would think someone would do in that context. And about a lot more than just Abraham Lincoln...

I'm going to have to bookmark that site so I don't forget to watch again.