The Choreographer Reggie Wilson to Present 2 Works A MAN who labels his work "Post-African/Neo-Hoodoo Modern dances" is a man accustomed to placing a tongue in his cheek. It's not that the choreographer Reggie Wilson shirks his homework; his study of the African diaspora has led him to Mississippi, the Caribbean and up and down the Mother Continent. But in his work that influence is routinely handled with irreverence and subject to postmodern manipulation. Deeper meanings sneak in under disclaimers, viscerally, kinesthetically. In recent years Mr. Wilson has directed his attention to large endeavors: "The Good Dance," his acclaimed 2009 collaboration with the Congolese choreographer Andréya Ouamba, presented dance as an African equivalent to the Bible and the Koran. The "Moseses Project," planned for 2013, is a research-intensive inquiry into migrations out of Africa. Next month, however, offers two opportunities to see, in smaller halls, what came before all that big stuff, though don't expect Mr. Wilson to treat his own past any more straightforwardly than he treats the communal kind. First, as part of Danspace Project's Parallels series (March 8 to 10), Mr. Wilson will present "Introduction," his tour-de-force autobiographical solo from 1996. Only it won't be Mr. Wilson onstage. It will be Souleymane Badolo, a dancer from Burkina Faso. And Mr. Badolo will be using the gestures of "Introduction" only as seed material, which over a period of two years he and Mr. Wilson have put through a wringer of formal variations. Will any of the old meanings survive? Will new meanings emerge? At New York Live Arts (March 14 to 17), Mr. Wilson will perform "Introduction" himself, in its original version. And he's bringing back "Big Brick: A Man's Piece," from 2002, in mostly original shape. But some old works will be represented only by the songs that went with them. A live vocal quartet, rich and down-homey, was long a standard feature of Mr. Wilson's productions. The voice of Elaine Flowers, a quartet member who died in 2008, will be added via a recording. Mr. Wilson is also taking bits from two duets, one from 1997 and the other from 2009, to fashion a fresh work. For half of the New York Live Arts performances Paul Hamilton, a longtime associate of Mr. Wilson's, will dance the new duet with Raja Kelly, who, like Mr. Hamilton, is tall and black. For the other half Mr. Hamilton will be joined by Anna Schon, who is tiny and white. The dance will be the same but not the same.