Wagner Park will host a world premiere by choreographer Bill T. Jones, two-time Tony winner, National Medal of the Arts recipient and Kennedy Center honoree, and musician and composer Samora Pinderhughes on a series of days on either side of September 11 to commemorate the 25th anniversary.

Performances of “Curriculum IV: Spin and Spin! Turn! Turn! Turn!” will be on Thursday, September 10; Saturday, September 12; and Sunday, September 13, all at 7:30p. Doors open at 6:30p. The event is free; you can RSVP here to save a spot.

This new work, with original music from Pinderhughes, commemorates the 25th anniversary of that suspended moment — and all that has unfolded since. Both artists meditate on loss and their distinct responses to the 25-year aftermath of 9/11 and other cataclysms spiraling into our era of loss of freedom, speech, movement and justice. Performances will be from Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company dancers and live musicians.

The show was commissioned by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and presented in partnership with New York Live Arts and Battery Park City Authority as part of the 2026 River To River Festival.

Jones is an artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer and founded his dance company with the late Arnie Zane 44 years ago. He has received just about every arts award you can name, starting with a 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award: the 2013 National Medal of Arts; the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; a 2010 Tony Award for Best Choreography of the critically acclaimed Fela!; a 2007 Tony Award, 2007 Obie Award, and 2006 Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Callaway Award for his choreography for Spring Awakening; the 2010 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award; 2005 Wexner Prize; the 2005 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement; 2005 Harlem Renaissance Award; 2003 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

In 2010, Jones was recognized as Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and in 2000, The Dance Heritage Coalition named Jones “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure.” Jones is currently artistic director of New York Live Arts, an internationally recognized destination for performance, artist services and live gathering.

Pinderhughes is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, pianist/vocalist and filmmaker known for using his art to examine sociopolitical issues. He was the first-ever Art for Justice + Soros Justice Fellow and a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2020 Visionary Award. He has also been designated as a Creative Capital awardee, a United States Artists Fellow, and a Sundance Composers Lab fellow. He was the 2025 MoMA Adobe Creative Resident and was awarded the “Spark of Change” Award from APAP in 2026.