Choreographic Chronology

BALLETS CREATED
2016               BITTER SWEET 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                THEY CALLED HER MOSES
                        FOUR EXCURSIONS
1952                *NOCTURNE
1952                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