Music: Deep River. 3 minute read. TIME. October 4, 1926 12:00 AM GMT-5 “A native opera in jazz, the music to be by W. Franke Harling, the words by Laurence Stallings, an original form, original ...

And in “Deep River,” the music has a way of swimming alongside them, too, especially the voice of Lisa Fischer, a transcendent singer who appears onstage with the dancers.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs the elegant piece Deep River in collaboration with Grammy Award®–winning vocalist Lisa Fischer and Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran.

In “Deep River,” which had its New York debut at the Rose Theater on Thursday, they might be high on a higher power. The music has been arranged by the jazz pianist Jason Moran, who plays live ...