Photos:
1- Ailey II in Splendid Isolation II. Photo by Eduardo Patino
2- Ailey II performing Splendid Isolation II. Photo by Amber Merkens
Splendid Isolation II
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Trio Mediaeval, Gustav MahlerCostume Design: Elena Comendador
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design: Al Crawford
Length: 14 minutes
Dancers: 6
Commissioned by Ailey II
“It looks like a silhouette of Brancusi, a bird ready to take off. A moment of grace.”
- Claudia Lucia, My Library, July 4, 2011
“A remarkable solo from Jessica Lang's Splendid Isolation II”
- Kelly Apter, living.scotsman.com, February 25, 2011
“The Calling, from Jessica Lang's Splendid Isolation II was quite simply breathtaking in its timeless beauty.”
- Mary Brennan, The Herald Scotland, February 24, 2011
“The company's capacity for delicacy is to the fore in the excerpt from Jessica Lang's Splendid Isolation II.”
- Mark Brown, The Telegraph, February 24, 2011
“immediately haunting and the most compelling piece”
- Grace Aneiza Ali, Of Note Magazine, August 14, 2010
“Jessica Lang's solo piece titled "Splendid Isolation II" was majestic and powerful...it was like watching a fabric version of Boticelli's "Venus."”
- Donald Munro, FresnoBeehive.com, March 14, 2007
“The Calling from Splendid Isolation II, a gorgeous solo piece choreographed by Jessica Lang and set to the music of Gustav Mahler, is a luxuriant study in white and elegant movement ... as breathtakingly serene as it is elegant.”
- Jack Neal, Nevada-events.com, March 14, 2007
“Choreographer Jessica Lang's duet, Splendid Isolation II, had so strong an air about it that one yearned for repeated opportunities to bask in the medieval music and ponder the significance of the woman in the white dress that covers the entire stage.”
- Tim Martin, Dance Europe, January, 2007
Performance History:
Ailey II:
October, 2006 tour to United States, Mexico and The Virgin Islands
April 11 - 22, 2007 in New York, NY
September, 2007 - May 2008 National Tour
January - May, 2008 National Tour
April 11, 2008 in Clemson, SC
August 5, 2008 in Staten Island, NY
August 6, 2008 in Bronx, NY
August 7, 2008 in Brooklyn, NY
August 12, 2008 in Queens, NY
October - December, 2008 National Tour
January - May, 2009 National Tour
April 15-26, 2009 in New York, NY
May 18-19, 2010 in Wolfsburg, Germany
July 8 & 10, 2010 in Innsbruck, Austria
September 15 - 26, 2010 in Lyon, France
January 22, 2011 in Medford, OR
February 1, 2011 in Durango, CO
February 12, 2011 in Keene, NH
February 13, 2011 in West Long Branch, NJ
February 22-23, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland
March 1-2, 2011 in Brighton, England
March 4-5, 2011 in Bournemouth, England
March 11- 12, 2011 in Belfast, Ireland
March 28, 2011 in Hays, KS
April 2, 2011 in Alken, SCMore Info
April 16, 2011Brooklyn, NY
May 2, 2011 in Lexington, VA
May 6, 2011 in Mamaroneck, NY
June 8-9, 2011 in Cali, Colombia
June 16-18, 2011 in Marseille, France
July 4, 2011 in Castres, France
July 6, 2011 in Chambery, France
July 8-9, 2011 in Vaison la Romaine, France
October 29, 2011 in Toledo, OH
October 30, 2011 in Columbus, OH
November 5-6, 2011 in New York, NY
November 22-23, 2011 in Thessaloniki, Greece
November 25, 2011 in Athens, Greece
January 9, 2012 in New York, NY
January 23, 2012 in Devonshire, Bermuda
February 14, 2012 in Tyler, TX
February 17, 2012 in Victoria, TX
February 29, 2012 in Clinton, SC
March 2, 2012 in Greensboro, NC
March 10, 2012 in Salisbury, MD