Choreographic Works
By MJ Willis & Project-Inc.
SpeakEasy
Premiere: Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Dance Theater Lab, SUNY Purchase College, NY 2019
Commissioned by Purchase Conservatory of Dance
THEM
New York Choreographic Institute Fall 2019 Session
Performed by Dancers of New York City Ballet
P.S.
Premiere: COCA (Center of Creative Arts) Winter Rep: A Movement in Color, Edison Theatre at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 2019
Commissioned by COCA
The Village
Premiere: Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019
Commissioned by Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts
Colloquy
Premiere: Rubicon Dance, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales 2019
Commissioned by Rubicon Dance
POM/POM Portrait of Man/Pieces of Me
A Choreographic Collaboration with Marcus Jarrell Willis (Choreography), Tomos O'Sullivan (Writing Composition) & Aaron Severini (Music Composition)
A Solo Performance that will invite you into the world of one man's journey
Quilt
Premiere: Juilliard New Dances Edition 2018, Class of 2022, Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre, NYC
Commissioned by The Juilliard School
FULL 6
Premiere: University of Minnesota UDT, Rarig Center, Minnesota 2018
Commissioned by University of Minnesota
Sensible Existence
Premiere: TU Dance, St. Paul, Minnesota 2017
Commissioned by TU Dance
“My Brother, Dear Sister”
Premiere: Dance House/Ty Dawns, Wales Millennium Centre/Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Cardiff, Wales 2017
Outcry
Premiere: Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2017
Commissioned by Lucia Marthas Institute for Performing Arts
The Assembly
Premiere: The Ailey School Spring Concert, NYC 2017
Commissioned by The Ailey School
Distinguished Gentle-Man
Premiere: Gdanski Festiwal Tanca, Gdansk, Poland 2017
Solo Dance Contest / Gdansk Dance Festival / photo Paweł Wyszomirski
High Jinx
Premiere: University of Minnesota: Dance Revolutions, Minnesota 2016
Commissioned by University of Minnesota
Kindred Spirits
Premiere: 92nd Y: Satellite Collective, NYC 2016
Commissioned by Satellite Collective
Credit: Satellite Collective
Stream of Consciousness
Premiere: Ailey II, Folly Theater, Kansas City, Missouri 2016
Commissioned by Ailey II
Solitary Confinement
Premiere: “An Evening to Remember”, NYC 2016
A Caretaker’s Vow
Premiere:
(1st Movement) Moving Beauty Series, NYC 2015
(2nd Movement) Dance Gallery Festival 10th Anniversary Gala, NYC 2016
The Situation Room
Premiere: Company Danzante, Fairfax, Virginia 2015
Commissioned by Company Danzante
4th Quarter OT
Premiere: The Ailey School Winter/Spring Concert, NYC 2014
Commissioned by The Ailey School
Le Mariage: Les Noces
Premiere: Dance Gallery Festival Level UP, NYC 2013
Commissioned by Dance Gallery Festival
Next of Kin
Premiere: Ailey Dancer’s Resource Fund, NYC 2013
ODD Pairs
Premiere:
(Part 1) Thang Dao Dance Festival, NYC 2009
(Part 2) Dance Gallery Festival, NYC 2012
Beyond Reach
Premiere: Ailey Dancer’s Resource Fund, NYC 2008