REPERTOIRE

Crossed

Commissioned by the Joffrey Ballet
Created in 2009 / Premiered in 2010
Music: Mozart, Handel, Des Prez
Costumes: Tamara Cobus
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
14 dancers, 23 minutes

Solo in Nine Parts

Commissioned by Kansas City Ballet
Created in 2009 / Premiered in 2010
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Costumes: Lisa Choules
Lighting Design: Kirk Bookman
9 dancers, 10 minutes

Among the Stars

Commissioned by Titas Command Performance Gala
for dancers Yuan Yuan Tan and Clifton Brown
Created in 2010
Music:  Ryuichi Sakamoto
Costumes:  Elena Comendador
Lighting: Amarante Lucerno
2 dancers, 7 minutes

Over the Moon

Commissioned by the National Dance Foundation of Bermuda
Created in 2010
Music: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Johnny Mercer and
Henry Mancini, Bart Howard
Costumes: Elena Comendador
2 dancer, 6 minutes

March

Commissioned by the University Of Richmond
Created in 2009 / Premiered in 2010
Music: Chopin
Costumes: Johann Stegmeir
Lighting: Maja E. White
9 minutes

Lines Squared

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Created in 2009
Music: John Metcalf, Thomas Metcalfe
Costumes:  Tamara Cobus
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting and Scenic Design:  MK Stewart
16 dancers, 20 minutes

Wally

Commissioned by the National Dance Foundation of Bermuda
Created in 2009
Music: Alfredo Catalani
Costume: Elena Comendador
1 dancer, 4 minutes

Corda

Commissioned and Performed by Cincinnati Ballet
Created in 2008
Music: Phil Kline, Mary Ellen Childs, Marcus Zavros
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Lighting: Trad A Burns
Costumes: Diana Vandergriff
8 dancers, 16 minutes

Solo Bach

Created for Global Dance Theater
Premiered in Hon Atsugi, Japan
Created in 2008
Music:  JS Bach
1 dancer, 3 minutes

Conversation (excerpt from Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes)

Lang Project
Created in 2008
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Set Design:  Jessica Lang
2 dancers, 5 minutes

Trace

Created for The Juilliard School’s Senior Showcase
Created in 2008
Music:  Claude Debussy
Lighting: Ted Sullivan
Set Design:  Jessica Lang
1 dancer, 5 minutes 

Beatus Vir

Commissioned by Milwaukee Ballet
Created in 2008
Music: Henryk Gorecki
Costumes: Mary Piering
Lighting: Brian Brunclik
Set: Steve Vallee
12 dancers, 20 minutes

Prayers

Commissioned by NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Created in 2007, Premiered 2008
Music:  Pergolesi, Des Prez
Costumes:  Sara James
Lighting:  Simon Cleveland
9 dancers, 11 minutes

La Belle Danse

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Created in 2007
Music:  Handel, Mozart, Corelli, Des Prez
Costumes:  Tamara Cobus
Lighting and Scenic Design:  MK Stewart
10 dancers, 20 minutes

Splendid Isolation III

Performed by American Ballet Theatre
Commissioned by Golden Ballet Costar / NBA Ballet
Created in 2007
Music:  Gustav Mahler
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Costumes:  Elena Comendador
Lighting: MK Stewart
2 dancers, 10 minutes

Women and the Sea: A Tribute to Will Barnet

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Created in 2007
Music:  Henryk Gorecki
Costumes:  Tamara Cobus
Lighting and Set:  MK Stewart
13 dancers, 21 minutes
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De Profundis

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet
Created in 2007
Music: Arvo Part
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Costumes:  Elena Comendador
Lighting:  Lloyd Sobel
12 dancers, 19 minutes

Matisse in Motion

Commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art
Created 2007
Music:  Bartok, Debussy, Eldridge, Gilespy, Des Pres, Part, Satie
Costumes:  Beth Thomason, Jessica Lang
Set design:  Jessica Lang
Lighting:  Jessica Lang
16 dancers,  45 minutes

Splendid Isolation II

Commissioned by Ailey II
Created in 2006
Music: Trio Mediaeval, Gustav Mahler
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Costumes:  Elena Comendador
Lighting:  Al Crawford
6 dancers, 14 minutes

Stearc

Commissioned by Washington Ballet
Created 2006
Music:  Bela Bartok
3 dancers, 5 minutes

Portraits

Commissioned by Elaine Gardner Dance
Created 2006
Music:  Ludwig von Beethoven
Set Design:  Curt Steinzor and Kelly Mauer
Lighting Design:  Kelly Mauer
3 dancers, 17 minutes

Senbazuru

Commissioned for the Cenntinial Celebration of The Juilliard School
Created 2006
Score for Orchestra, Voice and Sound Design:  Pete M. Wyer
Lighting Design:  Clifton Taylor
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Set and Costume Design:  Carol Bailey
14 dancers, 1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo Soprano;  26 minutes
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To Familiar Spaces in Dream

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Created 2005
Music:  Craig Armstrong, Philip Glass, John Cage
Set Design:  Jessica Lang
Lighting Design:  MK Stewart
Costume Design:  Tamara Cobus
8 dancers, 23 minutes
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Changing Lanes

The Lang Project
Created in 2005 in residency at the New Noises Festival,
Perry- Mansfield, CO
Music: In Process
Lighting Design: Jessica Lang
3 dancers, 5 minutes

From Foreign Lands and People

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet
Created 2005
Music: Robert Schumann
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costumes: Elena Comendador
8 dancers, 20 minutes

Veiled Calling

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Created in 2005 in Residency at White Oak
Music: Zbigniew Preisner
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Brian Sciarra
Costumes: Elena Comendador
30 dancers, 20 minutes
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Confessions

Commissioned by Saint Louis Ballet
Created in 2005
Music: Hildegard von Bingen, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Arbos, John Metcalfe
Set Design: Jessica Lang
12 dancers, 19 minutes

Layers

Commissioned by Dallas Black Dance Theater
Created in 2004
Music: John Metcalfe
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design:  Tony Tucci
Costumes: Beth Thomason
5 dancers, 12minutes

Touch of Your Voice

Commissioned by Texas Christian University/The Juilliard School
Created in 2004
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Poetry: Pablo Neruda
Costumes: Elena Comendador
4 dancers, 7 minutes

The Race

The Lang Project
Created in 2004
Music: John Psathas
Costumes: Chan Koo Paik
2 dancers, 8 minutes

If I Had Known I Was Dreaming…

The Lang Project
Created in 2004
Music: Pete M. Wyer
Costumes: Elena Comendador and Audrey Vrattos
2 dancers, 9 minutes

Babar, The Little Elephant

Commissioned by Connecticut Ballet
Created in 2004
Music: Francis Poulenc
Narration: Cynthia Gregory
Costumes: Elena Comendador
8 dancers, 27 minutes

A Maiden's Hymn

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Created in 2003
Choo-San Goh Award 2003
Music: Franz Schubert
Lighting Design:  MK Stewart
Costumes: Susan Cologne
8 dancers, 25 minutes
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Imbalance

Commissioned by Phrenic New Ballet
Created in 2002
Original Score: Pete M. Wyer
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Film: Tobin Rothlein
6 dancers, 28 minutes

Discoveries Uncovered

Commissioned by The Juilliard School
Created in 2002
Original Score: Pete M. Wyer
Set Design: Jessica Lang
25 dancers, 19 minutes

Six to a Bunch

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Created in 2001
Music: Kenji Bunch
Costumes: Chan Koo Paik
6 dancers, 16 minutes

Undercurrents

Commissioned by Pennsylvania Ballet
Created in 2000
Music: Giovanni Solima
Costumes: Chan Koo Paik
12 dancers, 25 minutes

Oblivion

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Created in 1999
Music: Astor Piazolla
Lighting Design:  Brad Fields
Costumes: Kathryn Grillo
8 dancers, 17 minutes

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