Jessica Lang, Choreographer

Jessica Lang is one of the country’s most successful young female choreographers of today. To critical acclaim she is known for her inventive vision, deep artistry and emotionally spellbinding work. Lang’s choreography has been performed throughout the United States and abroad including Japan, France, Mexico, and South Africa.

Lang has created work on companies including American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, Colorado Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ailey II, Hubbard Street 2, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Ballet de Monterey, New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, among others. She has also received unique commissions from the Dallas Museum of Art to create a new work for their Henri Matisse Exhibition as well as from The Juilliard School for its Centennial Celebration Concert. 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.

Lang has received numerous grants for her choreography including the Choo-San Goh award in 2003 and two recent NEA grants for 2007 in sole support of her new creations on Richmond Ballet and Colorado Ballet. In its 2007-08 season, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts will be presenting Richmond Ballet in a full evening concert dedicated to showcasing Lang’s creations on the company.

Lang has taught, coached and choreographed on universities and prestigious institutions including NYU Tisch School of the Arts, The Ailey School/ Fordham BFA Program, Interlochen, Kaatsbaan International’s Extreme Ballet under the direction of Martine van Hamel, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She currently teaches modern 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.

To learn more , visit www.jesslang.com.