Festivals South Carolina

A week before his engagement at UCLA's Royce Hall, Bill T. Jones is anxious to talk about new work and pointedly not interested in revisiting his high-profile decision to abide by the NAACP boycott of South Carolina while the Confederate flag flies over the State House there.

A week before his engagement at UCLA's Royce Hall, Bill T. Jones is anxious to talk about new work and pointedly not interested in revisiting his high-profile decision to abide by the NAACP boycott of South Carolina while the Confederate flag flies over the State House there.

Nigel Redden, general director of the Spoleto Festival USA, understands the dilemma faced by artists scheduled to perform at his event in May and June. The famed Charleston, S.C., music, dance and theater gathering is a natural target in the state's Confederate flag controversy, he concedes. Which is why he wasn't surprised when choreographer-dancer Bill T.

Nigel Redden, general director of the Spoleto Festival USA, understands the dilemma faced by artists scheduled to perform at his event in May and June. The famed Charleston, S.C., music, dance and theater gathering is a natural target in the state's Confederate flag controversy, he concedes. Which is why he wasn't surprised when choreographer-dancer Bill T.