Escaping the Weight of Darkness

Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm, Josh Kramer, John Metcalfe

Set Design: Jessica Lang, using molo products designed by Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen

Costume Design: Izumi Yamada

Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce

Assistant in creation process: Kanji Segawa

 

Length: 25 minutes

Number of Dancers: 18

 

Commissioned by National Ballet of Japan, New National Theatre, Tokyo

 

World premiere: March 24, 2014 at the New National Theater in Tokyo, Japan

“This work was received with cheers from the audience - acclaim surely due in part to the way the choreographer took the dancers' dispositions and skills into consideration to weave an impressive piece.”

- Ayako Takahashi, Japan Times, April 2, 2014

Performance History:

 

National Ballet of Japan

March 18-23, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan

November 22, 2014 in Nigata, Japan

March 12-13, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan

 

The University of Arizona (excerpt)

November 13-17, 2019 in Tucson, AZ

 

UNCSA

April 23-26, 2026 in Winston Salem, NC