Photos: Courtesy of Jessica Lang Dance
1, 2:Jessica Lang Dance performing Mendelssohn / Incomplete. Photo: Sharen Bradford.
3: Jessica Lang Dance performing Mendelssohn / Incomplete. Dancers: Claudia MacPherson, Todd Burnsed. Photo: Sharen Bradford.
Mendelssohn / Incomplete
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
Length: 8 minutes
Dancers: 6
Mendelssohn / Incomplete was created during Lang's Joyce Theater Residency, 2011.
World Premiere Cast: Clifton Brown, Julie Fiorenza, Thomas Garrett, Kirk Henning, Kirk Henning, Claudia MacPherson
“Mendelssohn/Incomplete" was completed by the dance itself. That is, the six flowing dancers, in waves of muted plum and slate gray, actually became a representation of the music.”
- Jennifer Haaland, Mesa Performing Arts Examiner, November 21, 2014
“Mendelssohn/Incomplete" has a natural, unforced symmetry that is unafraid to acknowledge the weightiness of the human body”
- Julinda Lewis, Richmond Times Dispatch, September 16, 2012
“The partnering work is genteel, but with spirit, and present throughout her work is a mesmerizing use of dynamics- simple kneeling or lunging becomes so much more when rendered by her dancers in varying, unearthly qualities.”
- Tim Martin, Dance Europe, November 1, 2011
“These dancers moved seamlessly thru Jessica's choreographic passages all of which stemmed naturally and gracefully from the flow of this poignantly expressive music.”
- Philip Gardner, Oberon's Grove, July 22, 2011
Performance History:
Jessica Lang Dance
July 22, 2011 in New York, NY
January 9, 2012 in New York, NY
September 14, 2012 in Richmond, VA
Janaury 14, 2013 in New York, NY
January 18-20, 2013 in New Orleans, LA
September 14, 2013 in Dallas, TX
September 20, 2013 in Houston, TX
February 19-23, 2014 in New York, NY
April 5, 2014 in Park City, UT
April 12, 2014 in Cleveland, OH
May 23, 2014 in Guatemala City, Guatemala
May 30-31, 2014 in Beverly Hills, CA
October 23, 2014 in New Brunswick, NJ
November 11-13, 2014 in Tucson, AZ
November 15, 2014 in Wickenburg, AZ
November 20, 2014 in Mesa, AZ
March 19-21, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA
March 28, 2015 in Washington, DC
April 9-10, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey
April 17, 2015 in Detroit, MI
July 14, 2015 in Tarrytown, NY
April 25-26, 2015 in Queens, NY
July 22-24, 2015 in New York, NY
October 17-18, 2015 in Queens, NY
January 19, 2016 in Lexington, VA
February 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN
April 2, 2016 in Lydon Center, VT
April 12, 2016 in Tulsa, OK
May 28, 2016 in Tivoli, NY
July 26, 2016 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
July 29-30, 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico
November 18-19, 2016 in Victoria, BC
December 1, 2016 in Meridian, MS
December 3, 2016 in Lafayette, LA
February 8, 2017 in Boone, NC
February 9, 2017 in Clemson, SC
February 28, 2017 in East Lansing, MI
March 7, 2017 in Interlochen, MI
April 14, 2017 in Bloomsburg, PA
January 20, 2018 in Danville, KY