Photos: Courtesy of Jessica Lang Dance, Orlando Ballet and Colorado Ballet

1: Jessica Lang Dance performing From Foreign Lands and People. Photo: Takao Komaru.

2,3: Jessica Lang Dance performing From Foreign Lands and People. Dancers: Julie Fiorenza, Kirk Henning. Photo: Takao Komaru.

4: Jessica Lang Dance performing From Foreign Lands and People. Dancers: Kana Kimura, Milan Misko. Photo: Takao Komaru.

5: Jessica Lang Dance performing From Foreign Lands and People. Dancer Clifton Brown. Photo: Takao Komaru.

6, 7: Orlando Ballet performing From Foreign Lands and People. Photo: Michelle Revels

8: Colorado Ballet performing From Foreign Lands and People. Photo: David Andrews

From Foreign Lands and People

Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Robert Schumann
Set Design: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Todd Clark

Length: 20 minutes

Dancers: 8

Commissioned by Colorado Ballet

World Premiere: August 4, 2005 in Beaver Creek, CO
“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
Performance History

Colorado Ballet

August 4, 2005 in Beaver Creek, CO
March 9-April 1, 2006 in Denver Colorado
August 3-5, 2007 in Alberqurque, NM

September 12-14, 2008 in Denver, CO

Jessica Lang Dance

July 25-29, 2012 in Becket, MA

September 14, 2012 in Richmond, VA

August 16-17, 2013 in New York, NY

Dayton Ballet

March 20-23, 2014 in Dayton, OH

March 30- April 2, 2017 in Dayton, OH

Orlando Ballet

May 4-6, 2018 in Orlando, FL

Jessica Lang
Director | Choreographer

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