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- Birth nameWilliam Tass Jones
- Bill T. Jones was born on February 15, 1952 in Bunnell, Florida, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Still/Here (1996), National Theatre Live: Fela! (2011) and FELA! Ten-Twenty (2021).
- He and Arnie Zane Dance Company's 1998 production of We Set Out Early....Visibility was Poor at the Peacock Theatre was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.
- His and Arnie Zane Dance Company's We Set Out Early...Visibility was Poor at the Peacock Theatre was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Oliver Award for Best New Dance Production of 1998.
- Recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors; other recipients that year were Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Herman, Paul McCartney, and Merle Haggard.
- He was awarded the 2009 Back Stage Garland Award for Choreography for "Spring Awakening" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- He was awarded the 2012 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Choreography for "Fela" in a Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith presentation at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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