 He was the first Smithsonian choreographer-in-residence at the National Portrait Gallery from 2013-2014.In April 2014, Burgess premiered the new work "Confluence" there to critical acclaim.Burgess and his dancers were featured as part of the museum's “Dancing the Dream” exhibition, where his portrait hung alongside modern-dance pioneers including Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, and contemporary 'masters' Twyla Tharp and Mark Morris.