Alonzo King

Alonzo King

Biography & Press :: Choreography

2010|2009|2008|2007|2006|2005|2004|2003
2002|2001|2000|1999|1998|1997
1996|1995|1994|1993|1992|1991
1990|1989|1988|1987| 1986|1985
1984|1983

2010

WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD (George Frideric Handel, Gabriel Fauré, John Sheppard, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Franz Schubert, Reynaldo Hahn), Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Premiere April 16, 2010, Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA

2009

SCHEHERAZADE (Zakir Hussain, commissioned score), Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Premiere December 9, 2009 Grimaldi Forum Theater, Monte Carlo, Monaco

DUST AND LIGHT (Arcangelo Corelli, Francis Poulenc) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 23, 2009, Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2008

THE RADIUS OF CONVERGENCE (Live Music by Pharoah Sanders; Music composed by Miguel Frasconi, Leo Hurley and Leslie stuck, commissioned score, Edgar Meyer Violin Concerto Mvt. 1, excerpt), Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere October 17, 2008, Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

THE STEADY ARTICULATION OF PERSEVERANCE (Music Composed by Pharoah Sanders, Weislaw Pogorzelski and James McKee), Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere June 26, 2008, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

2007

RASA (Zakir Hussain, commissioned score), Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere Nov 2, 2007, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

IRREGULAR PEARL (Baroque score by Arcangelo Corelli, George Frederic Handel, Marin Marais, Augustin Dautrecort Sainte-Colombe, Domenico Scarlatti and Antonio Vivaldi, with commissioned interludes by Roy Whelden) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere Nov 2, 2007, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

LONG RIVER, HIGH SKY: A Project with the Shaolin Monks (Melody of China and Miguel Frasconi, commissioned score), Alonzo King's LINES Ballet and the Shaolin Monks, Premiere April 13, 2007, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2006

SKY CLAD (Rita Sahai, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere September 30, 2006, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

MIGRATION (Pharoah Sanders, Leslie Stuck, Miguel Frasoni, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 26, 2006, Movimentos Arts Festival, Wolfsburg, Germany

2005

THE MOROCCAN PROJECT (Bouchaib Abdelhadi, Yassir Chadly, Hafida Ghanim, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere November 4, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

HANDEL (Georg Friederich Handel) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere November 4, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

SALT (Bouchaib Abdelhadi, Yassir Chadley, and Hafida Ghanim, commissioned score) North Carolina Dance Theatre, Premiere May 5, 2005, Belk Theatre, Charlotte, NC

ODD FELLOW (Jim McKee and Wieslaw Pogorzelski, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 14, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

SATOH (Somei Satoh, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 14, 2005, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004

BEFORE THE BLUES (Pharoah Sanders, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere November 5, 2004, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

RITE OF SPRING (Igor Stravinsky) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 9, 2004, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

BAKER FIX (Josephine Baker) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 9, 2004, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

COLEMAN HAWKINS (Coleman Hawkins) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 9, 2004, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

THE PATIENCE OF ARIDITY, WAITING FOR PETRICHOR (Edgar Meyer and Miguel Frasconi, commissioned score) Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere April 9, 2004, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2003

HEART SONG (Bouchaib Abdelhadi, Yassir Chadley, and Hafida Ghanim, commissioned score) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Premiere December 12, 2003, City Center, New York, NY

SZYMANSKI’S VIBRAPHONE QUARTET (Pawel Szymanski, commissioned score). Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Premiere October 16, 2003, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2002

ROAD (Hildegard von Bingen, J.S. Bach, and commissioned
scores by Leslie Stuck, Pharoah Sanders, and Miguel Frasconi)
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere October 10, 2002, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

SPLASH (Nino Rota, Francis Poulenc, with commissioned score by Leslie
Stuck) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere April 19, 2002, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

KOTO (Miya Masaoka, commissioned score) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet,
Premiere April 19, 2002, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

2001

THE PEOPLE OF THE FOREST (Nzamba Lela, commissioned score)
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere October 5, 2001

THE HEART'S NATURAL INCLINATION (Leslie Stuck,
commissioned score) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere
February 23, 2001

2000

FOLLOWING THE SUBTLE CURRENT UPSTREAM Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theatre, Premiere December, 2000

SOOTHING THE ENEMY (Leslie Stuck, commissioned score) Alonzo
King's LINES Ballet, Premiere October 20, 2000, Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts.

RILEY (Terry Riley) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere October
20, 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

TANGO (Astor Piazzolla) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet, Premiere
April 7, 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

IN TO GET OUT (Somei Satoh) Alonzo King's LINES Ballet,
Premiere April 7, 2000, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

1999

SHOSTOKOVICH STRING QUARTET
LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere Spring 1999, Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts.

1998

HOVERING SLIGHTLY ABOVE GROUND (Paul Giger, Gorecki)
Oakland Ballet, Premiere November 13, 1998, UC Berkeley,
commissioned work.

WHO DRESSED YOU LIKE A FOREIGNER? (Zakir Hussain, commissioned score) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere September 11, 1998, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

TARAB (Hamza El Din, commissioned score)
LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere April 10, 1998, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts.

LONG STRAIGHT LINE (Miguel Frasconi, commissioned score)
LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere April 10, 1998, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts.

MAP (Arvo Pärt) North Carolina Dance Theatre, Premiere March 1998,
commissioned work.

LAND FORMS (Donald Fontowitz)
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Premiere January 28, 1998,
commissioned work.

1997

STRING TRIO (Moses Sedler, commissioned score) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere September 26, 1997, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

SUITE ETTA (Music recorded by Etta James) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere September 26, 1997, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

THREE STOPS ON THE WAY HOME (Pharoah Sanders, commissioned score) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere April 4, 1997, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

HANDEL TRIO (Handel) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere April 4, 1997, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

1996

KLANG (Miguel Frasconi, commissioned score; Blue Thunder Mountain Nation Singers) LINES Contemporary Ballet, Premiere October 18, 1996, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

SACRED TEXT (Original glass music by Miguel Frasconi, North Indian Ragas by Michael Irvine, Tabla duet arranged by Tim Witter and Jim Santi Owen, Traditional Indian song by Rita Sahai LINES Contemporary Ballet, premiere April 18, 1996, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

HANDEL PAS DE DEUX (Handel) Muriel Maffre and Benjamin Pierce guesting with LINES Contemporary Ballet, premiere June 8, 1996, The Joyce Theater; Spring 1997 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

GROUND (Arvo Pärt, Henryk Gorecki, David LaMarche) Dance Theater of Harlem, premiere April 30, 1996, Kennedy Center - commissioned work; LINES Contemporary Ballet, October 1996, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

1995

SIGNS AND WONDERS
Music: Traditional African Music
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser & Sandra Woodall

ROCK
Music: Spirituals arranged and performed by Bernice Johnson Reagon
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser & Sandra Woodall

STRING QUARTET
Music: Pawel Szymanski
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

1994

POULENC PAS DE DEUX
Music: Francis Poulenc
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

OCEAN
Music: Pharoah Sanders & Traditional Moroccan Music
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

GARLAND
Music: Peter Garland, John Oswald
Lighting: Lisa Pinkham
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

ALONG THE PATH
Music: Donald Fontowitz

1993

BACH CELLO SUITE
Music: J. S. Bach
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

COMPELLING GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
Music: Donald Fontowitz
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

PAVANE
Music: Dmitri Shostokovich

1992

GURDJIEFF PIANO MUSIC
Music: G.I. Gurdjieff and Thomas De Hartmann
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

1991

SONGS OF THE AKA
Music: Pygmy and Gospel

CANTE
Music: Traditional Gypsy Songs
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Sandra Woodall

1990

WITHOUT WAX – Ballett Frankfurt
Music: Sophia Gubaidulina and Bohuslav Martinu
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Sandra Woodall & Robert Rosenwasser

TOCCATTA IN D MINOR
Music: Bach

1989

LILA
Music: Donald Fontowitz
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Sandra Woodall & Robert Rosenwasser

FALLEN ANGEL
Music: Etta James

1988

AWAKE IN THE DREAM
Music: Donald Fontowitz
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

LIGETI VARIATIONS
Music: Gyorgi Ligeti

REOCCURRENCE
Music: Bulgarian State Choir
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser

1987

RAIN DREAMING
Music: Aboriginal

GRANADOS PAS DE DEUX
Music, de Falla

1986

PRAYER
Music: Traditional Muslim Chant
Lighting: Craig Miller
Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser & Sandra Woodall

STEALING LIGHT
Music: Samuel Barber

1983

ICTUS
Music: Harry Partch, Gamelan