In his inaugural season as artistic director in 2000, Mills released a world-premiere production of Hamlet. He has worked in collaboration with such artists as DJ Spooky on "Echo Boom", visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock on "Cult of Color: Call to Color", eight-time Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel on "Big Sky", Shawn Colvin, flamenco artist José Greco on "Bolero" and award-winning Austin composer Graham Reynolds on "Bounce", "Though the Earth Gives Way", "Cult of Color: Call to Color", and "Belle REDUX/A Tale of Beauty & the Beast".