Choreographic Chronology
BALLETS CREATED
2017 CROSSING THE RUBICON: PASSING THE POINT OF NO RETURN
2016 BITTERSWEET FAREWELL
2015 UPROOTED PERO REPLANTADO
2014 "EVEN AS THE RIVER AND THE SEA"
2013 ANCESTRAL FLIGHT
2012 *THREE EPITAPHS after COUNTEE CULLEN
CONTINENTS OF HUMANITY (Part II)
2011 CONTINENTS OF HUMANITY (Part I)
2010 FAR EAST of the BLUES
2009 NOIR
SANCTUARY (with Caleb Mitchell)
2008 SINUOUS TATTOO
2007 SYNCOPATED GAMBOL
PERSONAL
2006 *REMEMBERED JOURNEY
SHADES OF LOVE
2005 ELLA: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
BEAT BEATIFIC: AN ERA REVISITED
SKY - CLOUDS - then ISRAEL
2004 *MIDNIGHT DANCER
THE RIVER - (Meander, Village Virgins)
MUSTT MUSTT
2002 *ASH
VOW
2001 CROSS ROADS
DIALOGUES IN JAZZ
2000 JAMNATION
*DEATH AND EROS
1999 DANGER RUN
CHILDREN OF THE PASSAGE (w/Ronald K. Brown)
MARDI GRAS
1998 DELICIOUS OBSESSION/SWEET BONDAGE
1997 HEARTBEATS
1995 WHEN I GROW UP - WHEN I WAS A CHILD
1994 *BLOOD MEMORIES (recreation)
*LEVEE BLUES (Solo)
VIGILS
GUMBO YA-YA
1993 MYSTERIES AND RAPTURES
RING-A-LEVIO
1992 *HOUSE OF TEARS
1991 INFINITE JOURNEY
*SOMBRA Y SOL (IMAGES OF FRIDA KAHLO)
1990 DISTANT DRUM
RINGALEVIO
1987 APSARAS
1986 BENEATH THE BAOBAB
1985 LOOKING FOR JERUSALEM
1984 VEVER
AVATAR
1983 COLLAGE
SOLARIS
1982 RICOCHET
1977 MOUNTAIN OF SPICES
ARGOT
1976 *BLOOD MEMORIES
ALBUM LEAVES
1972 *SONGS OF THE DISINHERITED
MIGRATIONS
1971 BARRIO
SOJOURN
1967 BLACK NEW WORLD
1966 BURST OF FISTS
1965 WILDERNESS
INCANTATION
1964 CROSSTOWN
DAUGHTERS OF THE GARDEN
REFLECTIONS IN THE PARK
1963 LEGENDARY LANDSCAPE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB
ARENA
1962 *DISTRICT STORYVILLE
1960 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOLLOW ME
1959 *RAINBOW ROUND MY SHOULDER
1958 OUT OF THE CHRYSALIS
1957 MUSE IN THE MEWS
1954 PRELUDE TO ACTION
THE STREET
1953 FOUR EXCURSIONS
1952 *NOCTURNE
*THEY CALLED HER MOSES (originally titled HER NAME WAS HARRIET)
1951 *GAMES
SOLOS AND DUETS CREATED
2008 REVERIE for Stephanie Powell
2006 BLACK PIERROT for Preston Dugger III (Opera Noir Juneteenth Gala)
*DOWN WHERE I AM (Solo)
*MINSTREL MAN (Solo)
*TO ARTINA (Duet)
2005 *I’VE KNOWN RIVERS for Stephanie Powell
2004 POSIE for Melanie Richards
2003 A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME for Bernard Gaddis (Opera Noir Juneteenth Gala)
1998 SUPPLICATION for Michele Simmons
1997 IN THE DEEP DREAMING OF MY HANDS
for Lea Vivante and Achmed Valk
1996 *RAINBOW ETUDE for The American Dance Legacy Institute
1994 *LEVEE BLUES (Solo)
1987 TWILIGHT, for Gregg Lizenbery
1976 RECUERDOS for Lea Vivante
1969 SOULFUL STRUT for Diana Ross
1960 SYRINX, (Legendary Landscape) for Mabel Robinson and Robert Powell
1950 CREOLE AFTERNOON, for Jacqueline Hairston and Donald McKayle
1950 SONGS OF THE FOREST, for Donald McKayle
1950 EXODUS for Donald McKayle
1948 SATURDAY'S CHILD for Donald McKayle
2017 CROSSING THE RUBICON: PASSING THE POINT OF NO RETURN
2016 BITTERSWEET FAREWELL
2015 UPROOTED PERO REPLANTADO
2014 "EVEN AS THE RIVER AND THE SEA"
2013 ANCESTRAL FLIGHT
2012 *THREE EPITAPHS after COUNTEE CULLEN
CONTINENTS OF HUMANITY (Part II)
2011 CONTINENTS OF HUMANITY (Part I)
2010 FAR EAST of the BLUES
2009 NOIR
SANCTUARY (with Caleb Mitchell)
2008 SINUOUS TATTOO
2007 SYNCOPATED GAMBOL
PERSONAL
2006 *REMEMBERED JOURNEY
SHADES OF LOVE
2005 ELLA: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
BEAT BEATIFIC: AN ERA REVISITED
SKY - CLOUDS - then ISRAEL
2004 *MIDNIGHT DANCER
THE RIVER - (Meander, Village Virgins)
MUSTT MUSTT
2002 *ASH
VOW
2001 CROSS ROADS
DIALOGUES IN JAZZ
2000 JAMNATION
*DEATH AND EROS
1999 DANGER RUN
CHILDREN OF THE PASSAGE (w/Ronald K. Brown)
MARDI GRAS
1998 DELICIOUS OBSESSION/SWEET BONDAGE
1997 HEARTBEATS
1995 WHEN I GROW UP - WHEN I WAS A CHILD
1994 *BLOOD MEMORIES (recreation)
*LEVEE BLUES (Solo)
VIGILS
GUMBO YA-YA
1993 MYSTERIES AND RAPTURES
RING-A-LEVIO
1992 *HOUSE OF TEARS
1991 INFINITE JOURNEY
*SOMBRA Y SOL (IMAGES OF FRIDA KAHLO)
1990 DISTANT DRUM
RINGALEVIO
1987 APSARAS
1986 BENEATH THE BAOBAB
1985 LOOKING FOR JERUSALEM
1984 VEVER
AVATAR
1983 COLLAGE
SOLARIS
1982 RICOCHET
1977 MOUNTAIN OF SPICES
ARGOT
1976 *BLOOD MEMORIES
ALBUM LEAVES
1972 *SONGS OF THE DISINHERITED
MIGRATIONS
1971 BARRIO
SOJOURN
1967 BLACK NEW WORLD
1966 BURST OF FISTS
1965 WILDERNESS
INCANTATION
1964 CROSSTOWN
DAUGHTERS OF THE GARDEN
REFLECTIONS IN THE PARK
1963 LEGENDARY LANDSCAPE
BLOOD OF THE LAMB
ARENA
1962 *DISTRICT STORYVILLE
1960 ONE, TWO, THREE, FOLLOW ME
1959 *RAINBOW ROUND MY SHOULDER
1958 OUT OF THE CHRYSALIS
1957 MUSE IN THE MEWS
1954 PRELUDE TO ACTION
THE STREET
1953 FOUR EXCURSIONS
1952 *NOCTURNE
*THEY CALLED HER MOSES (originally titled HER NAME WAS HARRIET)
1951 *GAMES
SOLOS AND DUETS CREATED
2008 REVERIE for Stephanie Powell
2006 BLACK PIERROT for Preston Dugger III (Opera Noir Juneteenth Gala)
*DOWN WHERE I AM (Solo)
*MINSTREL MAN (Solo)
*TO ARTINA (Duet)
2005 *I’VE KNOWN RIVERS for Stephanie Powell
2004 POSIE for Melanie Richards
2003 A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME for Bernard Gaddis (Opera Noir Juneteenth Gala)
1998 SUPPLICATION for Michele Simmons
1997 IN THE DEEP DREAMING OF MY HANDS
for Lea Vivante and Achmed Valk
1996 *RAINBOW ETUDE for The American Dance Legacy Institute
1994 *LEVEE BLUES (Solo)
1987 TWILIGHT, for Gregg Lizenbery
1976 RECUERDOS for Lea Vivante
1969 SOULFUL STRUT for Diana Ross
1960 SYRINX, (Legendary Landscape) for Mabel Robinson and Robert Powell
1950 CREOLE AFTERNOON, for Jacqueline Hairston and Donald McKayle
1950 SONGS OF THE FOREST, for Donald McKayle
1950 EXODUS for Donald McKayle
1948 SATURDAY'S CHILD for Donald McKayle