Off-Broadway Hinton has served as co-director and choreographer for "". Having finished choreographing the movie musical "Idlewild", he joined with Wynton Marsalis for "The Buddy Bolden Story", a feature film about the untold story of the man who created jazz in America. He then directed the stage musical "Respect," a musical journey of women from the 1900s – 2007. Hinton's most recent creation, a dance form called Swop that combines swing and hip-hop, was performed on the highly rated "Dancing with the Stars" in 2006. In 2014, Hinton starred in the off-Broadway production "Cindy: The Musical".