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Bill T. Jones to be Honored by Human Rights Campaign

Bill T. Jones attends the 2014 New York Live Arts Gala at Mandarin Oriental Hotel on April 22, 2014 in New York City.
Bill T. Jones attends the 2014 New York Live Arts Gala at Mandarin Oriental Hotel on April 22, 2014 in New York City.

*The nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign, said Monday that it will honor Tony Award-winning choreographer and mentor Bill T. Jones with its Visibility Award, which recognizes those who shine a light on the struggles of people living with HIV.

Jones would be toasted at a gala dinner on Feb. 6 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, reports the AP.

Jones won Tonys for choreographing “Spring Awakening” and “Fela!,” and he’s also a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant recipient. He formed the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982 with his late partner Arnie Zane.

He has tackled racism and faith in “Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land,” explored those with AIDS in “Still/Here” and created a hip-hop adaptation of Aeschylus’ “The Seven.”

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