Choreographic Works
By MJ Willis & Project-Inc.
Quilt
FULL 6
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