Coloring Silent Space

Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Chick Corea, Dodo Marmarosa, Chet Baker, Thelonious Monk, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Gershwin, and Bill Evans

Lighting Designer: Brandon Stirling Baker

Costume Designer: Jillian Lewis

Set Design: Jessica Lang

Music Coordinator: Martin J. Ashby

 

Length: 40 minutes

Number of Dancers: 10

 

Commissioned by The Washington Ballet, Artistic Director Julie Kent.

"Jessica Lang’s rewarding new work, which deftly marries resonant movement to jazz music ... Playfulness is the overarching vibe in “Coloring Silent Space,” performed beneath a scattering of dangling geometric shapes that echo the splashes of bright color on the dancers’ otherwise black outfits... Throughout, Lang creates a terpsichorean realm with its own will, logic and humor."

- Celia Wren, The Washington Post, February 16, 2024

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"It was like watching a kaleidoscope come alive...“Coloring Silent Space” will chase away any leftover winter blahs quicker than you can say the company’s name."

-Carolyn Kelemen, Maryland Theatre Guide, February 16, 2024

 

"Lang’s opening piece, “Coloring Silent Space” takes advantage of the thrilling possibilities, angular movements and pure joy in some of the best improvisational jazz, particularly in the pieces chosen — all masterfully played by the Craig Davis Trio...there's an artistic alignment of movement, color, sound and rhythm with a result that’s more than their parts. "

- Roger Catlin, Broadway World, February 19, 2024