IN DIALOGUE: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE HUMANITIES

The 2025-2026 Colloquium Series

presented by the Psychoanalytic Society of the William Alanson White Institute

A Special In-Person Only Event at New York Live Arts*

On the Continuity of Falling Apart and Rebuilding

BILL T. JONES, Award-winning Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Author, and Co-Founder of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and of New York Live Arts

with Hosts & Moderators, Roger Frie, PhD, PsyD, and Nancy Freeman-Carroll, PsyD, Co-Presidents of the Psychoanalytic Society

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30th, 2026 from 7:30-9:00pm/Eastern

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* This event will be held in person at New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street, New York City.

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ABOUT OUR PRESENTER

Bill T. Jones is an artistic director and leading dancer, choreographer, director, and writer. He is co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in Manhattan and Artistic Director of New York Live Arts, an organization that strives to create a robust framework in support of the nation’s dance and movement-based artists through new approaches to producing, presenting and educating. Jones has choreographed for major performing arts ensembles and on Broadway and for other theatrical venues. The recipient of numerous awards including two Tony Awards, an Obie, a MacArthur “Genius” Award and Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government, as well as a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, and of the National Medal of Arts, among a long list of others.

ABOUT THIS SERIES

From its very beginnings, psychoanalysis has existed at the intersection of science and the humanities. In the face of increasing pressures from evidence-based practice and medicalization, what can psychoanalysis learn from the humanities? Collectively, our speakers represent the leading edge in humanities and the arts and bring a diverse array of perspectives to bear. These talks promise to illustrate the manifest and often overlooked links between psychoanalysis and the humanities and provide a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and dialogue.

All speakers will present their talks in person. We encourage everyone who can, to attend in person and continue the tradition of meeting together at the Institute. For those who are unable to join in person, we offer a real-time stream, to reach beyond New York to a broader audience.

This series is presented at no charge to its audience. Please consider making a donation to The Psychoanalytic Society when registering.

Note that CEs are not available for this event.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Overall objectives of this colloquium series:

• Describe the many interactions between the humanities and psychoanalysis.

• Explain how psychoanalytic practice can benefit from the insights of the humanities.

Objectives for this presentation:

• Describe how choreography of movements conveys meaning and autobiography.

• Explain how mind and body inform dance and psychoanalytic treatment.