BIOGRAPHY

To critical acclaim Jessica Lang is known for her inventive vision, deep artistry and emotionally spellbinding choreography. Lang has created work on companies including Colorado Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Washington Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Saint Louis Ballet, ABT II, Ailey II, Hubbard Street 2, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Ballet de Monterey, and New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, among others.  Her choreography has been performed throughout the US and abroad including Japan, France, Mexico, and South Africa.  She has also received unique commissions from the Dallas Museum of Art to create a new work for their Henri Matisse Exhibition, The Juilliard School for its Centennial Celebration Concert and from Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts where Richmond Ballet performed An Evening of Works by Jessica Lang.  Currently, ABT Principals Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky are performing her work Splendid Isolation III in ballet galas around the world.  Commercially, Lang has choreographed for BMW International Industrials as well as for Cirque du Soleil when she served as the evaluator for their NYC auditions. She has received numerous grants for her choreography, including the Choo-San Goh award in 2003 and three NEA grants in sole support of her new creations on Richmond Ballet and Colorado Ballet in 2007, as well as for Milwaukee Ballet in 2008.
Ms. Lang has taught and choreographed at universities and prestigious institutions including The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The Ailey School/Fordham BFA Program, Texas Christian University, Bucknell University, Princeton University, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts, Interlochen Arts Academy, Kaatsbaan International’s Extreme Ballet, Perry-Mansfield and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is on faculty at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre as well as for ABT’s summer programs in NYC.

Jessica Lang is a graduate of The Juilliard School, under the direction of Benjamin Harkarvy.  She became a member of Twyla Tharp's company "THARP!" where she performed in major dance festivals around the world.  She also worked with Ms. Tharp in her Diabelli Project that premiered in Palermo, Italy in 1998.

Upcoming commissions include Cincinnati Ballet in 2008 and The Joffrey Ballet in 2009. On May 19, 2008 Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky will perform Lang’s critically acclaimed work Splendid Isolation III at American Ballet Theatre’s Opening Night Gala at the Metropolitan Opera House.