The jazz components of “A Case of You,” created by Judith Jamison and set to a cover of the like-titled song by Joni Mitchell, are far zippier: purple smoke, cherry-red get-ups, bursts of desire and hunger given outlets in outstretched hands and skittering legs. Caroline T Dartey and Christopher Taylor are sleek and sultry as they reach for each other, lovers on the fritz, although the music weighs their romp down, insisting on their magnetism and leaving the pair less room to reveal this themselves. There’s also a dated quality to all the downcast eyes and reaches into the distance. The piece finds its best energy in its unexpected moments: Dartley’s arresting jump onto Taylor’s thighs and the fleet, torrid spins that erupt during one of her later solos.

Cut to the old-school hallmarks of “Revelations”—the many-armed opening pyramid, the springing leaps of praise and rip-roaring contractions compelled by gospel hymns and holy blues, all of which blaze with staying power. Talk about a torch to be carried! Its sizzling swing between shades and tenors careens us through crucifix poses, desperate lunges, jubilant hip swivels and long-limbed, body-rocking processions. It’s heart and soul and everything else that endures when you greet your own grief and surrender to the promise of tomorrow.