COMPANY REPERTORY
53 Inhale
2009
Gary Abbott
Nico Muhly
"Although the physical response of my body has changed, my need to create is not diminished, It continues to stretch and inhale."-Gary Abbott
78/23
2008
Gary Abbott
Dexter Walker and the Zion
Aisatnaf
1980
Kevin Iega Jeff
Ballet Fantasy for Strings and Harp by Lee Holdridge & London Symphony Orchestra
A woodland creature frolics
Bach’d
2011
Gary Abbott
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bittersweet
1990
Gary Abbott
Aretha Franklin
Church of Nations
1991
Kevin Iega Jeff
Ennio Morricone and The Art of Noise
Question whether religious leaders give consent to war in the name of God?
Dedication (Oluwa)
1984
Kevin Iega Jeff
Quincy Jones, Clause Ogerman, and Patti Austin
An ancestral elder passes the legacy of life onto children of the new world
Deeply River
2018
Dereque Whiturs
Original Live Version from Congo Square’s “Black Nativity”
Deep River is about sinners going to the water to cleanse themselves of their sins in the eyes of God asking for forgiveness for their sins and to be made anew
Desire
1994
Gary Abbott
Hans Zimmer, Geoff McCormack Simon Goldberg
Desire explores three types of attraction, love at first sight, love of physical beauty and young love. When the company dances together it depicts the primal urge of attraction felt by all.
Dounia
2011
Nicole Clarke-Springer
Rokia Tratore
Five women finding themselves as one.
Episodes
1987
Ulysses Dove
Robert Ruggieri
A starkly passionate interpretation of the power struggles involved in human relationships Special thanks to the Estate of Ulysses Dove; Alfred Dove, Administrator
Essence – A Portrait of Four Women
1972
Martial Roumain
Nina Simone, Zulema, Roberta Flack and Nikki Giovanni with the James Cleveland Choir
Shows the lives of four women of color intersecting on an emotional journey of self-actualization and sisterhood.
Eulogy
1991
Kevin Iega Jeff
Bobby McFerrin
...cathartic memories
Ferrotype
2006
Gary Abbott and Kevin Iega Jeff
Gula Island Traditional Spirituals, Thomas A. Dorsey (Georgia Tom), Anon Dvorak, Nikki Giovanni, Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams' Blue Five, Mavis Staples
Movements:
Prologue: Plain Folk -by Jeff
2. Tleftreah-by Jeff
3. Walk Alone-by Jeff
4. Ain't We Happy!-by Abbott
5. Precious Lord-by Jeff
6. Sanctuary-by Abbott
7. Black Cat/Black Luck?-by Abbott
8. The Women Gather-by Jeff
9. Shall Not Walk Alone-by Jeff
10. It Is Well-by Jeff
11. Dun Done/Farewell-by Abbott
Flack
2018 Revival | Originally Premiered in 1984
Kevin Iega Jeff
Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway and Quincy Jones
A Portrait of strife, despair and ultimate triumph.
For A Woman’s Love
Krystal Hall-Glass
Novella Nelson
Forces
2018
Nicole Clarke-Springer
Marcelo Zarvos
Exploration of the spiritual influences on daily consciousness they are one..we are one... I in them and you in me- Elohiym (el-o-heem)
Gula Matari
1984
Kevin Iega Jeff
Quincy Jones
The core of the earth exposed
Hand to Mouth
2005
Gary Abbott
Kronos Quartet
Inspired by the plight of the Somali people who lived hand-to-mouth in the midst of a civil war, drought, and famine, while overlooked during the tsunami of 2005.
Heaven
2004
Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott
Janice Pendarvis, Anthony Moten, and Raymond Jones Music Reimagined in 2018 by: Sam Trump
Joy and humanity. Clarity and resolve
I Am Deeply Rooted
Kevin Iega Jeff
Mahalia Jackson, Roger Eno, Baba Tumba, Anjey Satori & Loko Text: Shonnese C.L. Coleman and quotes from sung and unsung heroes; additional text provided by “I Am Deeply Rooted” book contributors.
Mahalia Jackson, Roger Eno, Baba Tumba, Anjey Satori & Loko Text: Shonnese C.L. Coleman and quotes from sung and unsung heroes; additional text provided by “I Am Deeply Rooted” book contributors.
I Think It's Going To Rain Today (Rain)
Nicole Clarke-Springer
Peter Gabriel
In A Child’s Eye
1985
Kevin Iega Jeff
Charles Gross, Stevie Wonder and Gustav Holtz
Strong colors, powerful emotions, passionate social views, finely etched in joyful, dynamic and soul-filled movement: these are some of the ingredients of In A Child’s Eye, a work that tells the story of a young girl’s dream journey to a flower community where she encounters a war between Good and Evil. Ultimately, Evil is destroyed, but resurrected as the community embraces the reality that Evil will always exist, and the need to co-exist with Evil is inevitable.
In His Name
1990
Anthony Marshall
Prince and Michael Pluzick
Man's ascension.
INDUMBA
2017
Fana Tshabalala
Nicolas Aphane
In July 2017 South African choreographer Fana Tshabalala completed a three-week residency with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater to create an American-focused adaptation of his work INDUMBA, created to illuminate the perpetual impact of apartheid politics in his native South Africa. “Indumba” means African healing hut, and is a work of stirring resilience and reconciliation.
It’s Just A Groove Thang Baby
Dereque Whiturs
Black Coffee
JUBILATION! Suite Part III
2019
Men Ca
Joe Sample
Junto
1990
Kevin Iega Jeff
Pat Metheny Group
Just...Miss Sadie
1996
Gary Abbott
Ruth Brown, Linda Hopkins, Hound Dog Taylor and Jimmy Scottand
A comedic, at times pathetic, journey of a woman trapped by her own vice
Lines In Between Spaces
2017
Terence Greene
Secession Studios, Brand X Music, Hans Zimmer, Epic Score