Primus’ work continued to push boundaries as she re-developed another one of her debut pieces, "Hard Time Blues" (1945). She choreographed this dance to a song by folk singer Josh White. The choreography for this piece, which was made in protest of sharecropping, truly represented Primus’ movement style. This piece was embellished with athletic jumps that defied gravity and amazed audiences. But Primus explained that jumping does not always symbolize joy. In this case, her powerful jumping symbolized the defiance, desperation, and anger of the sharecroppers which she experienced first-hand during her field studies. Primus believed that when observing the jumps in the choreography, it was important to pay attention to “the shape the body takes in the air”. For Hard Time Blues, the shape of the body was a predictor of the emotional state of the poor sharecroppers.