High Yellow

About the show

High Yellow is a one-act ballet of six scenes. The subject of the ballet is low life in Florida, set in the seaport of Coral Gables. The numbers as danced in the original production are: Foreword Sirocco Six Bells Stampede Elegy Weary Traveller Finale, from A Harlem Symphony The ballet has not been revived, but Hughes's music was released as part of a compilation CD in 1994.