Commissioned by
Colorado Ballet

Restaged on
Colorado Ballet (2007-08)

Notes
This piece premiered at the Vail International Dance Festival.

“It's fascinating to watch the near-constant manipulation of the components, as they're laid on their sides, tilted, propped on others to form slides, erected as pillars, and built into structures for dancers to climb and hang from. Lang skillfully reconfigures the space with constructions both human and inhuman.”

- Deborah Jowitt, Arts Journal, August 1, 2012

“Visually stunning, emotionally touching, and brilliantly choreographed...”

- Kat Valentine, 5820 Magazine, March 16, 2006

“Compared to Taylor and Tharp, whose places in dance history are assured, Lang, 31, is a neophyte. But her 20-minute work, "From Foreign Lands and People," tucked into the middle of the program, is in no way overshadowed by the two veterans' selections. Expect big things from Lang. She is a major choreographic talent.”

- Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post, March 07, 2006

“This is evocative dance that fires the imagination, unfolding seamlessly and never running out of ideas.”

- Marc Shulgold, The Rocky Mountain News, August 05, 2005

“Lang's composition was alive with fresh movement as modern dance suggests, and as beautifully tailored as classical dance.”

- Laura A. Ball, Vail Daily, August 04, 2005

“This is a smooth-flowing work, rather constricted in its propulsive accents. For those who enjoy poetry as a flow of emotions, Lang has succeeded with subtle art and deft surprises.... That the Colorado Ballet was the vehicle for the Vail International Dance Festival's commission marks a major advance in the company's reputation. And the company has a winner in Jessica Lang.”

- Glenn Giffin, The Denver Post, August, 2005