Introduction
Alonzo King, born in Georgia to civil-rights activists Slater King and Valencia King Nelson, is an American dancer and choreographer based in San Francisco, CA.King, who was raised in California, completed dance training at New York based ballet schools and performed with The Dance Theater of Harlem and other dance companies until 1980/1981.
LINES Ballet
In 1982, upon relocating back to California, King founded LINES Ballet, which premiered at the San Francisco State's McKenna Theater.The LINES Ballet currently performs a home season at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco; and also maintains an international touring schedule including a recent set of performances in Hong Kong of The Propelled Heart in September 2017.
Awards and Recognition
King is the recipient of numerous awards including an NEA choreographic fellowship, San Francisco Mayor's Award, a Jacob's Pillow Creativity Award, and Kennedy Center Master of Choreography which was awarded in 2005.In addition to his work with The LINES Ballet, King's choreography is also in the repertoire of other dance companies including The Royal Swedish Ballet, Ballet Frankfurt, Ballet Béjart, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Hong Kong Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Selected Works
- 2018: Common ground
- 2017: Figures of speech
- 2016: Art Songs, SAND
- 2015: The Propelled Heart, Biophony
- 2014: Shostakovich, The Steady Heart
- 2013: Concerto for Two Violins, Meyer
- 2012: AZIMUTH, Constellation
- 2011: Resin, Figures of Thought
- 2010: Writing Ground, Wheel in the Middle of the Field
- 2009: Scheherazade, Refraction, Dust and Light
- 2008: The Radius of Convergence, The Steady Articulation of Perseverance
- 2007: Rasa, Irregular Pearl, Long River, High Sky
- 2006: Sky Clad, Migration
- 2005: The Moroccan Project, Handel, Salt, Odd Fellow, Satoh
- 2004: Before the Blues, Rite of Spring, Baker Fix, Coleman Hawkins, The Patience of Aridity, Waiting for Petrichor
- 2003: Heart Song, Syzmanski's Vibraphone Quartet
- 2002: Road, Splash, Koto
- 2001: The People of the Forest, The Heart's Natural Inclination
- 2000: Following the Subtle Current Upstream, Soothing the Enemy, Riley, Tango, In to Get Out
- 1999: Shostakovich String Quartet
- 1998: Hovering Slightly Above Ground, Who Dressed You Like a Foreigner?, Tarab, Long Straight Line, Map, Land Forms
- 1997: String Trio, Suite Etta, Three Stops On the Way Home, Handel Trio
- 1996: Klang, Sacred Text, Handel Pas de Deux, Ground
- 1995: Signs and Wonders, Rock, String Quartet
- 1994: Poulenc Pas de Deux, Ocean, Along the Path
- 1993: Bach Cello Suite, Compelling Geological Evidence, Pavane
- 1992: Gurdjieff Piano Music
- 1991: Song of the Aka, Cante
- 1990: Without Wax, Toccatta in D Minor
- 1989: Lila, Fallen Angel
- 1988: Awake in the Dream, Ligeti Variations, Reoccurrence
- 1987: Rain Dreaming, Granados Pas de Deux
- 1986: Prayer, Stealing Light
- 1983: Ictus