In 1984, Bad Blood by Ulysses Dove made its world premier at Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal. The powerful performance choreographs the "emotional passion and kinetic energy encapsulating the powerful yet extremely tender war between the sexes." Still an audience favorite in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre reproduction, one of its original cast members and Ailey vet, Renee Robinson, retells a candid moment of rehearsals, with Dove saying: