Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

To Perform At Fairfield University

FAIRFIELD — The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, an ensemble noted for its award-winning choreography and innovative pairing, will perform at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts on Saturday, February 4, at 8 pm.

Part of the Quick Center’s Dance America series, the program will feature a post-performance Art to Heart Question and Answer with the company.

Founded as a multicultural dance troupe in 1982, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company is the product of an 11-year collaboration between its two founders and has performed in more than 130 American cities and 30 countries.

The 11-member dance company has often been described as a fusion of dance and theater. The repertoire is highly diverse in subject matter, visual imagery and duration of dance, with pieces ranging from 15 minutes to evening-long works of two hours or more.

The Quick Center program includes the exciting, full-company piece “Blind Date,” which was inspired by the very current issues of war, patriotism, national identity, individual freedom, religion and morality. The piece is a dance-theater collage that incorporates Chinese poetry, the Mexican national anthem, video images and a set filled with geometric abstractions and surreal images. The music is equally eclectic and includes a J.S. Bach sonata, Tuareg throat-singing and an 18th Century Irish jig.

Tickets range from $30 to $40. For tickets, call the Quick Center box office at 203-254-4010 or 877-ARTS-396.