Cathy Cahill sits down with Bill T. Jones and members of the creative team to discuss Deep Blue Sea, a project by Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company that was brought to the Mann in the Spring of 2022.
‘Deep Blue Sea’’s visual environment was designed by Elizabeth Diller of the architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Tony Award-nominated projection designer Peter Nigrini. Diller’s design utilizes dynamic projections, supported by theatrical lighting. This non-traditional relationship between video and theatrical lighting transforms the entire stage into a large scale, immersive screen.
The production creative team also includes lighting designer Robert Wierzel and costume designer Liz Prince. An original vocal score by composer Nick Hallett and electronic soundscape by Hprizm aka High Priest, Rena Anakwe, and Holland Andrews echoes the words of King and Melville.