choreography

Nine Episodes for Five Dancers

Premiere: July 6, 2024

Trentino Music Festival 

Music: Igor Stravinsky - Eight Orchestral Miniatures for 15 players

Danced by Trentino Music Festival Dance Studio Dancers

Description: 9 sections of solo, duet and group works

20 minutes

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Of Air and Light

Premiere: November 10,2022, The Millard Theatre, Hartford CT

Music: Caroline Shaw

Description: 9 Dancers ( 7 Women and 2 Men)

11 minutes

The Hartt School Dance Division

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The 9/11 Memorial Project - Collaboration project

Premiere: October 17,2021, The Gray Center, Hartford CT

Collaborative creation with members collaborative creation with members of the Hartt Brass Ensemble in the dedication of the new 9/11 Memorial Benches.

The Hartt School Dance Division

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The Peculiar Terror of Wonder

Premiere: 2019, Hartford CT

Music: Beethoven

Description: 4 Dancers

15 minutes

The Hartt School Dance Division

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The Others

Premiere: August 8,2018

Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN

Ambassador Bessho's Residence, NYC

Music: Miyavi (We are the others)

Arranged by Shiro Otake

Danced by Miki Orihara

Description: Solo

4 minutes

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The Poets II

Premiere: 2018  Hartford,CT

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Ballet Hartford

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The Poets

Premiere: 2018  Hartford,CT

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Touch

Premiere: 2018  Hartford,CT

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The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts on Vernon Street

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Ceci N'est Pas Un Jouet (this is not a toy)

Gene Gort Project​

Music: Gene Koshinksi
Video: Gene Gort
Programming design: Gene Gort
Interactive programming: Timothy Lawless
Documention videography: Marc Hill

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Umi-e

Premiere: March 4, 2018  sheen center THE LORETO THEATER, NYC

Music: Hideaki Kuribayashi

Description:  Solo with Koto placed in the middle

9 minutes

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Handel Messiah
Premiere: December 8, 2017, Autorino Center for Performing Arts, Hartford CT
Music: Handel

Description: 13 dancers
Commissioned by  Vivid Ballet

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Babel
Premiere: November 27, 2017, Hartford CT
Music: Tooth and Nail by Missy Mazzoli
Video Design and Programming: Gene Gort
Violin: Jacob Dziubek
Costume: Ricky Lurie
Lighting Design: Nathan Sheuer
Video documentation: Cameo PhotoVideo

Description: 16 Dancers

11minutes

The Hartt School Dance Division

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On Your Toes
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyric: Lorenz Hart
Description: November 2014, The Hartt School Production
The 1936 Rodgers and Hartt musical marked the first time a Broadway musical made dramatic use of classical dance and incorporated jazz into its score.
Stephen created all the Ballet elements including the first act "Princess Zenobia" ballet and co-choreographing the second act "On Your Toes" number

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Gestures
Premiere: April 17, 2014, Hartford CT
Music: Will Huebler, Erica Bryan, Andrew orris, Steven Serpa, Jessica Rugani, Adam Summerer, Ben Park, and Kurt Weil
Description: 12 women
12minutes
The Hartt School Dance Division and Facebook page to see the preview

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As If
Premiere: February 2013, Harpa Theater, Reykjavik, IS
Co-creation with Slingshot Kidō this interdisciplinary performance piece which had its premiere at Iceland’s Dark Music Days Festival

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Petrushka
Premiere: November 22, 2013, Hartford CT
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Description: 40 dancers including 3 principles 3 soloists
39 minutes
The Hartt School Dance Division and Facebook page to see the preview

Human Gesture Project
Premiere: July 25, 2013, Atlanta Ballet Summer Intensive
Music: Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weil, Erica Bryan, Will Huebler, Andrew Morris, Ben Park, Jessica Rugani, Steven Serpa, Adam Summerer
Description: 5 Women and 1 Man
7 minutes

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Rite of Spring
Premiere: June 2013, Bushnell Theater, Hartford, CT
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Description: 1 Man and 1 Woman
Commissioned by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra

At The Garden Wall
Premiere: November 16, 2012, Hartford CT
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Description: 9 women
11 minutes
The Hartt School Dance Division and Facebook page to see the preview

Savage Beauty
Premiere: November 18, 2011, Hartford CT
Music: Somei Satoh
Description: 11 women and 4 men
14 minutes
The Hartt School Dance Division and Facebook page to see the preview

Shotorashion For Gagaku Ensemble and Dancers
Premiere: February 6, 2010, Fukushima, Japan
Music: Newly Composed by Sukeyasu Shiba
Solo
3 sections

Encryptions
Premiere: July 2009 at Atlanta, GA
Music: Robert Moran
Description: 6 women on point and 4 men
7 minutes

Nameless Garden
Premiere: July 5, 2008, at M-deux Ballet, Nagoya, Japan
Music: various
Description: 15 Dancers
25 minutes

Relics of Sand
Premiere: February 2008 at Summit Dance Ensemble, Minneapolis
Music: John Adams and Robert Moran
Description: 8 Dancers
9 minutes

Of All That
Premiere: December 2007 at St.Johnsbury Academy, VT
Music: George Gershwin
Description: Duet - man and woman.
4 minutes

Edge
Premiere: July 2007 Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Nilas Martins & Friends "Stars of Ballet" danced by Ask La Cour(NYCB), Megan LeCrone(NYCB), and Miki Orihara(MGDC)
Music: Elliot Carter, "8 Pieces for 4 Timpani"
Description: 3 sections for 3 dancers, man, woman barefoot and woman on pointe
Also duet version, man and woman on pointe
7 minutes

Puccini Project: Messa Di Gloria
Premiere: January 2007 at DiCappo Opera Theater, NYC. Commissioned by Nilas Martins Dance Company
Music: Giacomo Puccini, "Messa Di Gloria"
Description: 8 dancers and 30 singers on stage, orchestra in a pit
50 minutes

Two Celebrations in Three Parts
Premiere: December 2006 REVERB Festival in NYC, PierGroup Dance
Music: Graham Fitkin and Steve Martland
Costumes: Mitsuno Yoko
Description: 3 sections, solo, and 2 group sections, 10 dancers
14 minutes

Portal
Premiere: 2006 Juilliard Centennial Commission, danced by Abbey Roessner
Music: David Wallace, "Passacaglia" Original composition
Description: Woman's Solo on pointe
5 minutes

Se Come Voi
Premiere: April 2006, Nilas Martins Dance Company. Danced by Monique Meuniere
Music: Giacomo Puccini
Description: Woman's solo
4 minutes

Fireflies
Premiere: July 2005
Music: Andrew Levine, Original composition for piano, cello, and soprano
Description: Based on "Fireflies" by Rabindranath Tagore. 9 dancers
15 minutes

32 Cryptograms
Premiere: August 2005, the Juilliard Summer Program
Music: Robert Moran
Description: 10 dancers
9 minutes

Limon Suite
Premiere: August 2005, School of Hamburg Ballet, Germany
Music: J.S.Bach, "Suites for Cello"
Description: 17 dancers
6 minutes

Though My Wings...
Premiere: July 2005, Tottori Arts Festival, Japan. Danced by Miki Orihara(MGDC)
Music: Ingram Marchal and Philip Glass
Description: Solo
5 minutes

Brilliant Sky
Premiere: July 2004, Perry-Mansfield Summer Program
Music: Steve Martland
Description: 8 Women and 4 Men
10 minutes

Petrushka
Work in Progress---2003 Purchase Summer Dance Program, Burgos, Spain. 2004 Atlanta Ballet Pre-Professional Program
Music: Stravinsky
Description: 9 women on pointe and 3 men
23 minutes

Night Current
Premiere: May 2003, Purchase Dance Ensemble
Music: Gabriel Faure
Description: Woman's solo on pointe
4 minutes

One/Another
Premiere: July 2002, Perry-Mansfield Summer Program
Music: Mozart
Description: 14 dancers and lead couple
13 minutes

Under The Ice
Premiere: April 2001, The Ailey School
Music: Marin Marais and Sophia Gubaidulina
Description: Original version--5 Women and 1 Man;
Restaged
-14 dancers, the Juilliard Summer Program;
-3 soloists of Martha Graham Dance Company in Florida,Feb 16, 2002;
-7 dancers of the school of New National Theater, Tokyo, Feb 15, 2002;
-duet version September 2002
13 minutes

Call Not Waiting
Premiere: May 2001, Commissioned by the Juilliard Dance Ensemble, danced by Heidi Stoeckley
Music: Graham Fitkin
Description: Solo
3 minutes

Birds In Warped Time
Premiere: August 2000, the Juilliard Summer Program
Music: Somei Satoh
Description: 8-10 women on pointe, 3 men and Lead couple
11 minutes

Stranger Than Kansas
Premiere: 1999, the Juilliard Summer Program
Music: Robert Moran
Description: 8 Women and 3-5 Men
14 minutes

Comoedia
Premiere: 1999 NYC
Music: Paul Hindemith
Description: Men's duet
6 minutes

Triptych
Premiere: 1998, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble
Music: Paul Hindemith
Description: 13 women on pointe
Restaged 6 women, M-deux Ballet, Nagoya 2008
12 minutes

Louange
Premiere: 1998, the Juilliard Dance Ensemble
Music: Oliver Messiaen
Description: Women's duet
8 minutes

Hexology
Premiere: 1997, the Juilliard Summer Program
Music: Niel Le Large
Description: 12 Women on pointe
10 minutes

Mythical Beast
Premiere: 1995, Royal Danish Ballet
Music: Benjamin Koppel, original composition
Description: 2 Men and 2 boys
12 minutes

Duet for Solitary Figure
Premiere: 1994, Royal Danish Ballet
Music: Kim Helwig, original composition
Description: 1 dancer and 1 accordionist on stage
9 minutes

Doubletake
Premiere: 1994, Jackson Int. Ballet Competition

Danced by Johan Kobborg (Grand Prize)
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Description: Man's solo
3 and a half minutes

Hindemith Trio
Premiere: 1991, Royal Danish Ballet
Music: Paul Hindemith
Description: 2 Women on pointe and 1 Man
7 minutes

Blues for Lenny
Premiere: 1988, Hamburg Ballet
Music: Aaron Copland and Rzewski
Description: 3 Men and 1 Woman
12 minutes

 

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