Photos:
1- American Ballet Theatre performing Splendid Isolation III. Dancer: Irina Dvorovenko. Photo by Sara Krulwich
2-3: Kansas City Ballet performing Splendid Isolation III.
Splendid Isolation III
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Gustav Mahler
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Lighting Design: MK Stewart
Length: 10 minutes
Dancers: 2
Commissioned by Golden Ballet Costar / NBA Ballet
World Premiere: September 4, 2007
World Premiere Cast: Maria Riccetto and Koichi Kubo
“the clear audience favorite was choreographer Jessica Lang's unique and fascinating Splendid Isolation III”
- Michelle Phelan, BayDance, April 14, 2012
“...in freeze-frame and subtle lighting it makes a remarkable stage picture.”
- Vera Liber, The Bristish Theatre Guide, March 4, 2012
“Performed by Alvin Ailey's graceful principal dancer Alicia Graf Mack and the powerful Jamar Roberts, it was a love story of a man who longed for a woman shielded by walls of isolation.”
- Marilee Vergati, Dallas Dance Examiner, April 26, 2011
“Stunning”
- Danielle Geargiou, The Dallas Morning News, April 25, 2011
“As the curtain went up for the last piece in the first act, the audience collectively gasped at the beautiful portrait...The genius of Jessica Lang's choreography is the symbolism of the train.”
- Laura Vernaci, KCMetropolis.org, October 20, 2009
“Lang's expressionistic movement vocabulary and ingenious use of the skirt are stunning...”
- Lisa Jo Sagolla, Kansas City Star, October 16, 2009
“It was an evocative metaphor for intimacy and a perfect platform for their intense emotional and physical range.”
- Stephanie Burridge, The Straits Times, Singapore, October 09, 2009
“Selected for 2008 Year in Pictures”
- The New York Times, December 29, 2008
“Olivier Theyskens [artistic director of French Fashion house Nina Ricci] still couldn't stop talking about That Dress [the luminous white gown worn by Irena Dvorovenko in Lang's Splendid Isolation III]. 'When the lights came up and I saw her there, I think I stopped breathing,' exclaimed Theyskens. 'That was, like, the most amazing thing I've ever seen.”
- Maya Singer, Style.com, May 23, 2008
“[Lang's] duet to Mahler's soaring Adagietto - was a perfect fit for Dvorovenko's high theatricality and Beloserkovsky's passionate physicality. Dvorovenko deftly manipulated a stunning, tent-like skirt, a symbol of both imprisonment and enshrinement.”
- Laura Bleiberg, The Orange County Register, March 31, 2008
“Both principals from American Ballet Theater premiered a pas de deux by Jessica Lang, Splendid Isolation III, to standing ovations. The dance left the audience with a high ...”
- Kathy Lee Scott, Ballet Dance Magazine, March 30, 2008
Performance History:
Golden Ballet Co-Star: Maria Ricetto and Koichi Kubo
August 4-5, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan
American Ballet Theatre:
May 19, 2008 in New York, NY
May 16, 2011 in New York, NYGalas around the world: Performed by Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky
September 22-24, 2007 in Paris, France
November 4, 2007 in Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico
November 5, 2007 in Coatazcoalos, Veracruz, Mexico
November 6, 2007 in Xalapa, Mexico
November 8, 2007 in Mexico City, Mexico
February 9-11, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
February 20-22, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
March 30, 2008 in Irvine, CA
April 5, 2008 in Dallas, TX
October 24-November 5, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
February 13, 2009 in New York, NY
February 22-26, 2009 in Berlin, Germany
August 5, 2009 in Cortona, Italy
October 3, 2009 in SingaporeMarch 13, 2010 in Boca Raton, FL
March 30, 2010 in Abu Dhabi, UAE
April 1, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, UAEFebruary 14, 2012 in New York, NY
March 4, 2012 in London, England
April 30, 2012 in San Francisco, CA
January 4-5, 2014 in Taipei
Kansas City Ballet:
October 15-18, 2009 Kansas City, MO
March 15-24, 2013 in Kansas City, MOCommand Performance Gala: Alicia Mack Graf and Jamar Roberts
April 23, 2011 in Dallas, TX
San Jose Ballet:
April 13-15, 2012 in San Jose, CA