Jessica Lang Dance
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2013

Commissioned by Jacob's Pillow
Created for Jessica Lang Dance
Premieres in 2013
Music: Jakub Ciupinski (Commissioned Score)
Set Design: Molo Designers, Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen in collaboration with Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Fritz Masten
Costume Concept: Tutus: Jessica Lang, molo Designers,and Fritz Matsen
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
5 dancers, 18 minutes

Commissioned by Glimmerglass Festival
Premieres in 2013
Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Set Design: Marjorie Kellogg
Costume Design: Beth Goldenberg
Lighting Design: Mark McCullough
10 dancers, 45 minutes

Commissioned by Ballet San Jose
Premiered in 2013
Music: Jakub Ciupinski (Commissioned Score)
Lighting Design: Jim French
11 dancers, 20 minutes
2012

Premiered in 2012
Music: John Metcalfe, Thomas Metcalf
Set Design: Molo Designers, Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen in collaboration with Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Lisa Choules
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
9 dancers, 20 minutes

Commissioned by Dance St. Louis
Created for Common Thread Contemporary Dance Company
Premiered in 2012
Music: Jakub Ciupinski
Costume Design: Barbara Craig
Lighting Design: Burke Brown
7 dancers, 12 minutes

Commissioned by Birmingham Royal Ballet
Premiered in 2012
Music: Edvard Grieg
Set Design: Molo Designers, Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
8 dancers, 22 minutes
2011

Commissioned by The Joyce Theater
Premiered in 2011
Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
2 dancers, 5 minutes

Premiered in 2011
Music: Jakub Ciupinski (Commissioned Score)
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
Video Art: KUSHO by Shinichi Maruyama, Edited by Tetsushi Wakasugi
7 dancers, 21 minutes

Premiered in 2011
Music: Edvard Grieg
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Collaboration: with Shinichi Maruyama, Edited by Tetsushi Wakasugi
6 dancers, 10 minutes

Premiered in 2011
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
6 dancers, 15 minutes

Commissioned by Oklahoma City Ballet
Premiered in 2011
Music: Yann Teirsen
Set and Lighting Design: Jessica Lang and Dale Hall
Costume Design: Jessica Lang and Michael Jones
10 dancers, 20 minutes
2010

Commissioned by The New York Choreographic Institute 10th Anniversary Celebration
Created for New York City Ballet dancers Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall
Premiered in 2010
Music: Jakub Ciupinski (Commissioned Score)
Lighting Design: Brandon Baker
2 dancers, 8 minutes

Commissioned by ABT II
Premiered in 2010
Music: George Frideric Handel and Arcangelo Corelli
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Brian Sciarra
6 dancers, 15 minutes

Commissioned by The Guggenheim Museum Works and Process and Morphoses
Premiered in 2010
Music: David Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Mary Louise Geiger
10 dancers, 22 minutes

Commissioned by Cincinnati Ballet
Premiered in 2010
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Costume Design: Diana Vandergriff
Lighting Design: James Gage
2 dancers, 6 minutes

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

Commissioned by The Joffrey Ballet
Premiered in 2010
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Frideric Handel, Josquin des Prez
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Tamara Cobus
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
14 dancers, 23 minutes

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

Commissioned by The National Dance Foundation of Bermuda
Premiered in 2010
Music: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini, Bart Howard
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
2 dancers, 6 minutes

Commissioned by The University of Richmond
Premiered in 2010
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Costume Design: Johann Stegmeir
Lighting Design: Maja E. White
16 dancers, 9 minutes
2009

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

Commissioned by The National Dance Foundation of Bermuda
Premiered in 2009
Music: Alfredo Catalani
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
1 dancers, 4 minutes
2008

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

Commissioned by Global Dance Theater - Japan
Premiered in 2008
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
1 dancers, 3 minutes

Created for NYSSSA Showcase
Premiered in 2008
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: David Yergan
2 dancers, 5 minutes

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

Commissioned by Milwaukee Ballet
Premiered in 2008
Music: Henryk Górecki
Set Design: Steve Vallee
Costume Design: Mary Piering
Lighting Design: Brian Brunclik
12 dancers, 20 minutes

Commissioned by NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Premiered in 2008
Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Josquin des Prez
Costume Design: Sara James
Lighting Design: Simon Cleveland
9 dancers, 11 minutes
2007

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Premiered in 2007
Music: George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arcangelo Corelli, Josquin des Prez
Set and Lighting Design: MK Stewart
Costume Design: Tamara Cobus
10 dancers, 20 minutes

Commissioned by Golden Ballet Costar / NBA Ballet
Premiered in 2007
Music: Gustav Mahler
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: MK Stewart
2 dancers, 10 minutes

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Premiered in 2007
Music: Henryk Górecki
Set and Lighting Design: MK Stewart
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Tamara Cobus
13 dancers, 21 minutes

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet
Premiered in 2007
Music: Arvo Pärt
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Lloyd Sobel
12 dancers, 19 minutes

Commissioned by The Dallas Museum of Art
Premiered in 2007
Music: Béla Bartók, Claude Debussy, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Josquin des Pres, Arvo Pärt, Erik Satie
Set and Lighting Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Beth Thomason and Jessica Lang
16 dancers, 45 minutes
2006

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

Commissioned by Ailey II
Premiered in 2006
Music: Trio Mediaeval
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Al Crawford
1 dancers, 4 minutes

Commissioned by Washington Ballet
Premiered in 2006
Music: Béla Bartók
3 dancers, 5 minutes

Commissioned by Pick of the Crop
Premiered in 2006
Music: Ludwig von Beethoven
Set Design: Curt Steinzor and Kelly Mauer
Lighting Design: Kelly Mauer
3 dancers, 17 minutes

Commissioned by The Centennial Celebration of The Juilliard School
Premiered in 2006
Music: Pete M. Wyer (Commissioned Score for Orchestra, Voice and Sound Design)
Set and Costume Design: Carol Bailey
Set Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Clifton Taylor
Onstage Singers: 1 Soprano, 1 Mezzo Soprano
14 dancers, 26 minutes
2005

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

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet
Premiered in 2005
Music: Robert Schumann
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Todd Clark
8 dancers, 20 minutes

Commissioned by The New Noises Festival
Premiered in 2005
Music: In Process
Lighting Design: Jessica Lang
3 dancers, 5 minutes

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Premiered in 2005
Music: Zbigniew Preisner
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Brian Sciarra
30 dancers, 20 minutes

Commissioned by Saint Louis Ballet
Premiered in 2005
Music: Hildegard von Bingen, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Arvo Pärt, John Metcalfe
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Mary Jane Day
Lighting Design: David Vogel
12 dancers, 19 minutes
2004

Created for Jessica Lang Project in Buffalo, NY in 2004
Premiered in 2004
Music: Pete M. Wyer
Costume Design: Elena Comendador and Audrey Vrattos
2 dancers, 9 minutes

Created for Jessica Lang Project in Buffalo, NY in 2004
Premiered in 2004
Music: John Psathas
Costume Design: Chan Koo Paik
Lighting Design: Kelly Mauer
2 dancers, 8 minutes

Commissioned by Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Premiered in 2004
Music: John Metcalfe
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Jessica Lang and Edmond Giles
Lighting Design: Tony Tucci
5 dancers, 12 minutes

Commissioned by Texas Christian University
Premiered in 2004
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Ted Sullivan
Poetry: Pablo Neruda
4 dancers, 7 minutes

Commissioned by Connecticut Ballet
Premiered in 2004
Music: Francis Poulenc
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Narration: Cynthia Gregory
8 dancers, 27 minutes
2003

Commissioned by Richmond Ballet
Premiered in 2003
Music: Franz Schubert
Costume Design: Susan Cologne
Lighting Design: MK Stewart
8 dancers, 25 minutes
2002

Commissioned by The Juilliard School
Premiered in 2002
Music: Pete M. Wyer (Original Score)
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Carolyn Pallister
Lighting Design: Ted Sullivan
25 dancers, 19 minutes

Commissioned by Phrenic New Ballet
Premiered in 2002
Music: Pete M. Wyer (Original Score)
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Jan Schleiger
Lighting Design: John Stephen Hoey
Video Design: Tobin Rothlein
6 dancers, 28 minutes
2001

Commissioned by The New York Choreographic Institute
Premiered in 2001
Music: Keith Jarrett
5 dancers, 9 minutes

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Premiered in 2001
Music: Kenji Bunch
Costume Design: Chan Koo Paik
Lighting Design: Brian Sciarra
6 dancers, 16 minutes
2000

Commissioned by Pennsylvania Ballet
Premiered in 2000
Music: Giovanni Solima
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Chan Koo Paik
Lighting Design: John Hoey
12 dancers, 25 minutes

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Premiered in 2000
Music: Arvo Pärt
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
4 dancers, 8 minutes
1999

Commissioned by American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Premiered in 1999
Music: Astor Piazzolla
Costume Design: Kathryn Grillo
Lighting Design: Brad Fields
8 dancers, 17 minutes

Commissioned by Hubbard Street II
Premiered in 1999
Music: Iva Bittovà
5 dancers, 10 minutes
1997

Created for The Juilliard School
Premiered in 1997
Music: Karl Jenkins
Lighting Design: Ted Sullivan
9 dancers, 11 minutes

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