Below is a partial list of Joshua Legg’s choreographic repertory.
(*Indicates commissioned works.)
2016 Premieres:
We Weave the Story of Us.
Opus No.: 105
Music: H. J. Long.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, 3 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
My Narrative is Survival:
Opus No.: 104
Music: J. Hendrix.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Shadows Are Not Kevlar
Opus No.: 103
Music: W. A. Mozart, A. Adkins & G. Kurston.
Poetry: Lindsey Follett.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Behind the Wall
Opus No.: 102
Music: Traditional. Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
As These Waters Recede
(a multi-media project)
Music: M. Monk.
Collaborators: Mary McMyne (poet) & Lloyd Eddy (artist).
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, 2 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Used to Be Mine
(an improvised dance film)
Opus No.: 100
Music: S. Bareilles.
Genre/Cast Size: improvisation & film, 5 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Help Me Down
Music: J. McLaughlin.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 3 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
To Be Incomplete
Opus No.: 98
Music: J. Bay.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
This Has…
Opus No.: 97
Music: N. Merchant.
Poetry: Julie Barbour.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 3 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Undefined
(in collaboration with the cast)
Music: B. Iver.
Poetry: Erice Minake.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 2 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Unaccompanied
Opus No.: 95
Music: J. S. Bach.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, 5 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
From the Verge
Opus No.: 94
Music: R. Crosby & S. Bentley.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 2 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Waltz for Isadora
Opus No.: 93
Music: J. Brahms.
Poetry: Taylor Trueblood.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
A Grave
Opus No.: 92
Poetry: Julie Barbour.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 1 dancer.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Escape Plan
Opus No.: 91
Music: P. Simon & A. Garfunkle.
Poetry: Julie Barbour.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 4 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Soon
Opus No.: 90
Music: G. Winston.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 6 dancers.
Group: JoshuaLegg/DanceProjects
Where the Gate Swings Open, and Bottles Hang from Tress
(a collaborative short film)
Opus No.: 89.
Writer: Mary McMyne.
Artist: Lloyd Eddy.
Music: B. Eno, R. Eno, & D. Lenois.
Genre/Cast Size: dance film, one dancer/one painter.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Appalachia, Rising
Opus No.: 88.
Music: traditional bluegrass, traditional gospel, F. Chopin.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, eight dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Vivaldi & Fosse, Sitting in a Speakeasy (in collaboration with the cast)
Opus No.: 87.
Music: A. Vivaldi.
Genre/Cast Size: jazz, six dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
Rework
Opus No.: 86.
Music: P. Glass & J. Jóhannsson.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, nine dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre.
2015 Premieres:
Decembers I Don’t Count Anymore
Opus No.: 85.
Music: Adele.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, solo.
Group: JoshuaLegg/DanceProjects
Festival of Trees: Sleigh Ride
Opus No.: 84.
Movement I. Music: Traditional. Genre/Cast Size: ballet 8 dancers.
Movement II. Music: T. Berling, G. Berryman, J. Buckland, W. Champion,
and C. Martin. Genre/Cast Size: ballet 9 dancers.
Movement III. Music: L. Anderson. Genre/Cast Size: musical theatre 11 dancers.
Movement IV. Music: A. Adam and P. Cappeau. Genre/Cast Size: modern solo.
Movement V. Music: J. Javits and P. Springer. Genre/Cast Size: tap 5 dancers.
Movement VI. Music: Traditional. Genre/Cast Size: modern 12 dancers.
Group: Lake State Dance Theatre
A Game of Hoops
Opus No.: 83.
Music: B. Lewis.
Genre/Cast Size: hip-hop 4 dancers.
Fast & Furious 7
Opus No.: 82.
Music: T. W. Pentz, P. Stump, P. Wentz, J. Trohman, A. Hurley, B. Walker, J. Hill. Genre/Cast Size: contemporary jazz, 7 dancers.
Remembering Yesterday*
Opus No.: 81.
Music: B. Lewis.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 13 dancers.
Cynwch (Precipice)*
Opus No.: 80.
Music: D. Smith.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 13 dancers.
A Serenade for Young Dancers*
Opus No.: 79.
Music: G. Lightbody.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet 12 dancers.
2014 Premieres:
Bolt*
Opus No.: 78. (in collaboration with the cast)
Music: M. Cherry.
Genre/Cast Size: postmodern, 4 dancers.
From Which Tomorrow Flows*
Opus No.: 77.
Music: P. Glass & J. Johannson.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 12 dancers.
Returning (Home)
Opus No.: 76. (in collaboration with the cast)
Music: D. Smith.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 6 dancers.
Island Dance (small)
Opus No.: 75.
Music: World Percussion Collective.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 7 dancers.
Cosmic Interlude
Opus No.: 74. (in collaboration with the cast)
Music: P. Glass.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 6 dancers.
The Broken Variations, No. 2*
Opus No.: 73. (with creative input from the cast)
Music: S. Stapp.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 7 dancers.
The Broken Variations, No. 1
Opus No.: 72. Music: S. Stapp.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, solo.
Light Plays on Frost
Opus No.: 71. Music: P. Glass.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary ballet, 4 dancers.
Adjudicated Festival: DanceWorks Festival 2014
2103 Premieres:
The Loudoun Project: Water Study
Opus No.: 70. (in collaboration with the company)
Genre/Cast Size: site-specific, 6 dancers.
Mapping People Gone…Building Better Tables
Opus No.: 69.
Text: original.
Genre/Cast Size: dancetheatre (site-specific), 3 dancers.
Adjudicated Festival: Shepherdstown on Site (SOS) Dance Festival/Goose Route Arts Collaborative
Goin’ Back ta GrooveTown*
Opus No.: 68.
Music: B. Lewis.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 25 women.
These Skies, Where I Pricked My Fingers
Opus No.: 67.
Music: N. Simone, A. Coltrane, L. Nyro.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 14 women.
A Choreographic Offering: Dresden*
Opus No.: 66. Music: A. Vivaldi.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 7 women.
2012 Premieres:
Tides*
Opus No.: 65.
Music: R. Ferguson.
Genre/Cast Size: contemporary, 8 women.
Teach Me How to Be Loved*
Opus No.: 64. Music: R. Ferguson.
Genre/Cast Size: lyrical, female solo.
D’mbel*
Opus No.: 63.
Music: World Percussion Collective.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 11 women.
Been Thinkin’ These Days: Poems for Ms. D. *
Opus No.: 62.
Music: M. Cherry, World Percussion Collective.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 17.
Coppelia* (after M. Petipa)
Opus No.: 61.
Music: L. Delibes.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, 20+.
GrooveTown*
Opus No.: 60. Music: B. Lewis.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 12.
2011 Premieres:
Amahl and the Night Visitors*
Opus No.: 59. Music: Menotti.
Genre/Cast Size: opera, 20.
Director: Dr. Byron Jones.
2010 Premieres:
South Pacific
Opus No.: 58.
Music: Rogers & Hammerstein.
Genre/Cast Size: musical theatre, 42.
Director: Wm. Perry Morgan.
A Choreographic Offering: Jubilant Sunset
Opus No.: 57.
Music: J. S. Bach.
Genre/Cast Size: ballet, 13 dancers. Group:
Psalm for the Baptist
Opus No.: 56.
Music: A. Eurba.
Genre/Cast Size: post-Judson, male solo.
Ojos Así
Opus No.: 55.
Music: Shakira.
Genre/Cast Size: street jazz, 9 dancers.
2009 Premieres:
“NSU Rockettes”
Opus No.: 54.
Music: J. Marks.
Genre/Cast Size: jazz, 9 women.
Response
Opus No.: 53.
Music: S. Rachmaninoff.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, male solo.
2008 Premiere:
After
Opus No.: 52.
Music: D. Shostakovitch.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, female solo.
Adjudicated concert: Dance Complex (Cambridge, MA)
2007 Premieres:
Communitas Urbania
Opus No.: 51.
Music: M. Torke.
Genre/Cast Size: classical ballet, 11 women.
Portador del Corazon
Opus No.: 50.
Music: A. Vivaldi.
Genre/Cast Size: classical ballet, 8 women.
100 Years of Solitude
Opus No.: 49.
Music: J. S. Bach.
Genre/Cast Size: postmodern, female solo.
Cavedweller
Opus No.: 48.
Music: L. Nyro.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, female solo.
Graham’s Song
Opus No.: 47.
Music: J. S. Bach.
Genre/Cast Size: modern, 5 women.