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YEAR

TITLE

VENUE

COLLABORATING CREATORS

COLLABORATING COMPOSER(S)

COLLABORATING DESIGNER(S)

COLLABROATING PERFORMERS

1974-76

A Way of Improvising

Painted Bride, Phila

Terry Fox, Jeff Cain

Jeff Cain

 

Fox, Cain, IHJ

1976

Two Men Dancing (an improvisation on their maleness)

Bread Street Studio, Phila.

Michael Biello

Jeff Cain

visuals: Deryl Mackie

Biello, IHJ, Cain

1980

What We're Made Of

Harold Prince Theater, Phila.

Michael Biello, Dan Martin

Dan Martin

 

Biello, IHJ, Tonio Guerra, Jeff McMahan

1981

DEAD

My 30th B-Day Party

 

 

 

IHJ

1982

Part 2: Relatives

Danspace Project

Pauline H. Jones

 

 

IHJ, Pauline Jones

1983

Untitled (sometimes called Oogala)

Danspace Project

Fred Holland

Mark Allen Larson, (Raw loops).

 

Holland, IHJ

1983

Babble: First impressions of the white man

DTW

Fred Holland

Sound collage by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Mark Russell with Raw loops by Mark Allen Larsen

visuals, Fred Holland ; slides, Suzanne McClellen and Pamela Moore

Steve Staso, Holland,IHJ, Tavoria Rae Kellam, Charles Richardson, Adrienne Altenhaus, Brian Moran and others.

1984

f/i/s/s/i/o/n/i/n/g

Dance and Social Commentary, PS 1

 

Song Score: Dave Dudley

 

IHJ

1984

Cowboys, Dreams, and Ladders

The Kitchen

Fred Holland

 

lighting, Carol McDowell, visuals and film Holland

IHJ, Holland, Yvonne Meier

1985

THEM

PS 122

Dennis Cooper & Chris Cochrane

Chris Cochrane

Lighting, Michael Stiller

Danced by Donald Fleming and Ishmael Houston-Jones, with John B. Walker

1986

THEM

PS 122

Dennis Cooper & Chris Cochrane

Chris Cochrane

lighting, Carol McDowell, based in part on a design by Michael Stiller

IHJ, Barry Crooks, Donald Fleming, Julyen Hamilton, Daniel McIntosh, and David Zambrano

1986

Adolfo und Maria: "Duh Guvnuh's Dancin' Gal"

Danspace Project

 

Doug Henderson & Guy Yarden

Set: Huck Snyder, lights Carol Mullins

IHJ, John Kelly, John B. Walker, Trinket Monsod, Irving Gregory, Billy Swindler, Marleen Menard,

1987

THEM

Harbourfront Festival, Toronto

Dennis Cooper & Chris Cochrane

Chris Cochrane

 

IHJ, Barry Crooks, Almon Grimsted, Benoît Lachambre, Daniel McIntosh, and Brian Moran

1987

Tell Me

Triplex Theater, MCC

Yvonne Meier

Song Score by 3 TEENS KILL 4

 

Yvonne Meier, IHJ

1987

How to Pray for 21

Klapstuk Festival, Belgium

Fred Holland

 

 

IHJ, Fred Holland

1987

The Onyx Table

Klapstuk Festival, Belgium

Fred Holland

 

 

Josepha Dumatubun & Natasha Kempadoo

1988

Prologue to the End of Everything

The Kitchen

 

Chris Cochrane with sections by Doug Seidel & Zeena Parkins

Lighting, Michael Stiller ; slides, Robert Flynt ; sculpture, Impala

IHJ, Antaney Bowman & Trinket Monsod

1988

Slow Motion Suicide

Whitney at Philip Morris

Fast Forward

Fast Forward

 

IHJ, Fast Forward

1989

HOLE

DTW

Dennis Cooper

soundtrack compiled by Cooper

 

Cooper, IHJ

1989

Knife/Tape/Rope

PS 122

Dennis Cooper, John DeFazio & John B. Walker

soundtrack compiled by Cooper

visual design: John DeFazio, lighting, David Ferri

John B. Walker (Jim), Almon Grimsted (Pete), Anne Iobst (Jenn), Dennis Cooper (voice of Ron),  IHJ (voice of Steve).

1989

Hole: (The spoken word)

Danspace Project

Poet: Dennis Cooper

soundtrack compiled by Cooper

 

Cooper, IHJ

1990

Knife/Tape/Rope

PS 122

Dennis Cooper, John DeFazio & John B. Walker

soundtrack compiled by Cooper

visual design: John DeFazio, lighting, David Ferri

James Adlesic (Steve), Keith Levy (Pete), Dennis Cooper (Ron), John B. Walker (Jim), and Anne Iobst (Jen).

1990

The Undead

LACE

choreography and direction: Peter Brosius & Ishmael Houston-Jones ; text: Dennis Cooper  

Tom Recchion

Visual design, Robert Flynt ; lighting, Tom Dennison

Luis Alfaro, Christopher Blande, Steven Craig, Scot Goetz, Keith Levy, Curtis York

1990

In the dark  / Without hope

The Decade Show, DTW

 

Mark Allen Larson, (Raw loops).

 

IHJ

1991

The Undead

The Kitchen

choreography and direction: Peter Brosius & Ishmael Houston-Jones ; text: Dennis Cooper  

Tom Recchion

Visual design, Robert Flynt ; lighting, Michael Stiller

Luis Alfaro, Christopher Blande, Steven Craig, Scot Goetz, Keith Levy, Curtis York

1995

Unsafe/Unsuited

The Southern Theater, MN

Keith Hennessy and Patrick Scully

 

 

Hennessy, Scully, IHJ

1995

Unsafe/Unsuited

Laney College, Oakland, CA

Keith Hennessy and Patrick Scully

 

 

Hennessy, Scully, IHJ

1995

Unsafe/Unsuited

PS 122

Keith Hennessy and Patrick Scully

 

 

Hennessy, Scully, IHJ

1996

Eyes, mouth and all the rest : surrendering to the desire of others

SF Festival of Improvisation

 

 

 

IHJ

1997

Hare Follies

Majestic Theater, BAM

conceived and directed by Nayland Blake ; choreographed by Ishmael Houston-Jones

Chris Cochrane

Nayland Blake

Nayland Blake, IHJ, Chris Cochrane, Patricia Hoffbauer

1998

Specimens

Christ Church, Phila.

 

 

 

David Brick, Andrew Simonet, Amy Smith, Stanya Kahn. Paule Turner

2001

Nowhere / Now here

Columbia College, Chicago

film Relatives, directed and produced by Julie Dash, and performed by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Pauline Jones

David Pavkovic.

 

Mordine & Company Dance Theatre: Andrew Amos, Robbie Cook, Kari Job, Dardi McGinley Gallivan, Pamela Hoffman McNeil, Joanna Rosenthal, Douglas E. Woods, Shirley Mordine

2004

Eyes, mouth and all the rest : surrendering to the desire(s) of others

Judson Church

 

 

 

IHJ

2009

“The Myth and Trials of Calamity Jane and the Son of the Queen of the Amazons,”

DNA

 

 

Lighting, Amanda Ringger

Ashely Anderson, IHJ

2009

This Ring of Fire

DNA

Daniel Safer

 

Lighting, Amanda Ringger

IHJ, Daniel Safer

2010

Revival of What We're Made Of

Performance Garage, Phila.

Michael Biello, Dan Martin

Dan Martin

Lights: Matt Sharp

Greg Holt, John Luna, Scott McPheeters, William Robinson

2010

Revival of THEM

PS 122

Dennis Cooper & Chris Cochrane

Chris Cochrane

Lighting: Joe Levaseaur, advisor to the production: Jonathan Walker

Joey Cannizarro, Felix Cruz, Niall Noel, Jeremy Pheiffer, Jacob Slominski, Arturo Vidich and Enrico D. Way

 

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