JESSICA LANG

Jessica Lang is a graduate of The Juilliard School with a BFA  (1997) in dance.  Prior to graduating, Ms. Lang 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.

Since she began choreographing in 1999, Ms. Lang's choreography has been performed around the US and toured abroad including Japan, Mexico, and South Africa.  She has created work on companies including American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, New York Choreographic Institute, Colorado Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Richmond Ballet (Choo-San Goh Award 2003), St. Louis Ballet, Hubbard Street 2, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Phrenic New Ballet, and Ballet de Monterey in Mexico.  She has also choreographed on The Juilliard Dance Ensemble, The Ailey School/ Fordham BFA Program, Princeton University, Texas Christian University, Bucknell University, Mesa State College, Barat Conservatory and commercially for BMW International Industrials.   She has worked for Cirque Du Soleil where she served as the choreographer/evaluator for NYC auditions.  In the summer of 2004, she premiered The Lang Project, her first full evening concert of her work that was made possible, in part, by the New York State DanceForce. The Lang Project was also in residency at the New Noises Festival at Perry-Mansfield in Colorado, June 2005.

Ms. Lang currently teaches modern at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre.  She is also on the faculty, teaching modern and composition/improvisation, for ABT's summer program in NYC and Bermuda and is a choreographer for the company's Make-A-Ballet Program.

You can learn more about Lang's work at: www.jesslang.com.