his choreography, but he refrains from distorting the cultural importance of dance within traditions. Performances Works 1984- Ant's Burden (mus. Bob Roman), solo Romance (mus. Tom Waites) Folktales and Romance 4, evening-length performance produced by Dance Theatre Workshop, New York Boundary Water (mus. Beethoven), New Dance Ensemble of Minnesota Folktales with Men and Oranges, for Dance on the Lower East Side Festival, New York The Last Nights of Paris and Georgette, Dance Theatre Workshop 1985- Plan de Liebe, CoDanceCo Forest, (mus. Linda Bouchard), duet, American Dance Festival And the Jungle Will Obliterate the Shrine/Seasons, RLC Scarecrow, (mus. Hart) 1986- Flock, (mus. Sibelius), Jacob's Pillow Dance Ensemble En Su Llama Mortal, Ballet Hispancio of New York Two w/Bebe Miller (mus. Hyams Hart) 1987- Nightingales and Fisherman (mus. Bach) Les Noces (mus. Ravel, Debussy), RLC Waiting for Carnival, New Dance Ensemble 1988- Happy Trails (mus. country and western collage), RLC Cherubino and the Nightingale (mus. Mozart), RLC Folkdance Duet (mus. traditional Norwegian folk), RLC Folkdance, Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble Punchinello, Boston Ballet 1989- Joy (mus. Cale), RLC Sleep (mus. Fauré), RLC 1990- Joy (Solo), (mus. Satie), RLC Bogus Pomp, Lyons Opera Ballet Civilian, solo 1991- Persephone (mus. Davis), RLC Folkdance Sextet (mus. Beethoven), RLC Folkdance Solo (mus. taped conversation), RLC Don Juan, Graz Opera Ballet 1992- Their Eyes Rolled Back in Ecstasy (mus. Hyams Hart, Barret, chants), RLC Their Eyes Rolled Back in Ecstasy (Solo) (mus. Hyams Hart), RLC Phrases Almost Biblical, RLC My Tears Have Been My Meat Night and Day, Lyons Opera Ballet Folkdance (with Songs), Batsheva Dance Company 1993- Folkdance Sextet, The Metropolitan Ballet of Michigan 1996- Konbit, a video documentary collage Persephone, collaboration between Philip Trager, Rita Dove, Eavan Boland, and Andrew Szegedy-Maszak 1997- Geography, Part 1 in Geography Trilogy 1999- Three, a film created by Bebe Miller, and Isaac Julien 2000- Tree, Part 2 in Geography Trilogy Temples, a mixed media installation of works related to Tree 2001- Mirrors and Smoke, new media collaboration with Philip Mallory The Geography Trilogy, visual art installation 2004- Come Home Charley Patton, Part 3 in Geography Trilogy 2007- The Geography Trilogy DVD Archive Collection (The efflorescence of) Walter, Mixed media installation at The Kitchen, NYC May–June (The efflorescence of) Walter as part of Open-Ended (the art of engagement) exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota March–June 2009- Rescuing the Princess, Lyons Opera Ballet 2010- How Can you Stay in the