It's notes from America.

It's notes from America. I'm Ky Wright.

Welcome to the show. You do not have to be a devotee of dance to know the name Bill T Jones.

His face has been on the cover of Time magazine.

President Obama gave him a National Medal of Arts.

And Keith Herring painted his body like painted on his naked body

Suffice to say Bill T. Jones has lived quite a public life and for most of that life he's been a dancer and a choreographer.

At age 72 his body remains striking. He's over six feet tall. He's muscular. He's got these high

cheekbones. He moves quietly, but with command. He is a presence.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is restaging one of his most renowned dances this fall.

It's called Still Here. It's a dance. his most renowned dances this fall.

It's called still here.

It's a dance from 30 years ago,

and I went to talk with him about it.

Hello, hi. I'm Kai. We're going to spend the whole hour with Bill talking about

creativity and life and ultimately about death. I met up with Bill at his house. We sat in his living room. He was about

an hour outside of New York City. With the windows open you can sometimes hear a distant train but mainly you just hear the cicadas

It's just a really peaceful setting almost a refuge for someone who has spent so much time

literally bearing himself before the public eye.

Were you always aware of the fact that,

I mean you're a famously beautiful man, right?

Like that is a thing that it's part of what people think about you as soon as they think of you.

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