Photos: Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Jessica Lang Dance
1, 2: Jessica Lang Dance performing The Calling. Dancer Kana Kimura. Photo: Sharen Bradford
3: Jessica Lang Dance performing The Calling. Dancer Kana Kimura. Photo: Takao Komaru
4: Jessica Lang Dance performing The Calling. Dancer Kana Kimura.
5, 6: Kanji Segawa performing The Calling. Photo 5: Ally Lusher.
6: Pacific Northwest Ballet performing The Calling. Dancer: Carla Körbes. Photo: Angela Sterling
7, 8: Pacific Northwest Ballet performing The Calling. Dancers: Dylan Wald. Photo: Angela Sterling
Video: Filmed at and courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2012. Jessica Lang Dance, Dancer Kana Kimura.
The Calling
Choreography: Jessica Lang
Music: Trio Mediaeval
Costume Design: Elena Comendador
Costume Concept: Jessica Lang
Lighting Design Adapted by Nicole Pearce
Length: 4 minutes
Dancers: 1
The Calling was created on Kanji Segawa in 2005. Ailey II commissioned and premiered Splendid Isolation II in 2006, for which Lang incorporated The Calling at the beginning of this work.
“...a work of substance, as if watching a statue come to dignified life.”
- Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist, November 19, 2016
“remarkably dynamic...terrifyingly beautiful.”
- Sandra Kurtz, Seattle Weekly, November 10, 2015
“a marvel to watch.”
- Philippa Kiraly, The SunBreak, November 8, 2015
“A surreal essay”
- GBM News, March, 2013
“The image of her bare back and arms emerging from the column of white is one that will stick for a while, as so many of Lang's images do.”
- Tresca Weinstein, Dance Magazine, August 1, 2012
“Minimalist and deceptively simplistic”
- Alan C. Smith, Bernews, January 25, 2012
“A heavenly ballet ...The beautiful movements seamlessly moved from the long and lyrical to urging and angular, leaving the audience completely mesmerized.”
- Gina Miles, Bermuda Sun, January 25, 2012
Performance History (since 2010)
National Dance Foundation Dance Bermuda Gala
performed by Kanji Segawa
March 13, 2010 in South Hampton, Bermuda
Ailey II
May 6, 2012 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxemburg
May 10, 2012 in Fuida, Germany
May 23, 2012 in Bonn, Germany
May 25, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
May 28, 2012 in Riga, Latvia
May 30, 2012 Talin, Estonia
October 21, 2012 in Naperville, IL
October 24, 2012 in Fayetteville, NC
November 20, 2012 in Castres, France
January 27, 2013 in Neuss, Germany
January 29, 2013 in Boulongne-Billancourt, France
February 1-3, 2013 in Rueil-Malmainson, France
Pacific Northwest Ballet
June 7, 2015 in Seattle, WA
November 6-15, 2015 in Seattle, WA
September 19, 2019 in Seattle, WA
October 15-19, 2020 for Digital Season
July 13, 2021 in Sun Valley, ID
Jessica Lang Dance
July 25-29, 2012 in Becket, MA
September 14, 2012 in Richmond, VA
January 18-20, 2013 in New Orleans, LA
September 14, 2013 in Dallas, TX
September 20, 2013 in Houston, TX
November 7, 2013 in Storrs, CT
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
January 31, 2015 in Lewisburg, PA
March 7, 2015 in Rochester, NY
March 19-21, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA
March 28, 2015 in Washington, DC
April 9-10, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey
April 14, 2015 in Easton, PA
April 17, 2015 in Detroit, MI
April 25-27, 2015 in Queens, NY
October 17-18, 2015 in Queens, NY
July 14, 2015 in Tarrytown, NY
July 22-24, 2015 in New York, NY
November 5-6, 2015 in Chicago, IL
November 22, 2015 in Purchase, NY
January 19, 2016 in Lexington, VA
Janaury 30, 2016 in Birmingham, AL
February 9, 2016 in Manhattan, KS
February 11, 2016 in Des Moines, IA
February 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN
February 19, 2016 in Irvine, CA
April 2, 2016 in Lyndon 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
October 1, 2016 in Kansas City, MO
October 28-29 in Vancouver, BC
November 10-12, 2016 in Seattle, WA
November 18-19, 2016 in Victoria, BC
December 1, 2016 in Meridian, MS
December 3, 2016 in Lafayette, LA
December 9, 2016 in Dallas, TX
January 13, 2017 in Park City, UT
January 27-28, 2017 in Boston, MA
February 8, 2017 in Boone, NC
February 9, 2017 in Clemson, SC
February 17-19, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 2107 in Indianapolis, IN
February 28, 2017 in East Lansing, MI
March 4, 2017 in Cleveland, OH
March 7, 2017 in Interlochen, MI
March 23, 2017 in Iowa City, IA
April 5-9, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA
April 14, 2017 in Bloomsburg, PA
April 20-22, 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel
May 13, 2017 in New Orleans, LA
May 20, 2017 in Houston, TX
May 23, 2017 in Santa Fe, NM
July 5-9, 2017 in Becket, MA
October 7, 2017 in Long Beach, CA
October 21, 2017 in Reading, PA
December 2-3, 2017 in Moscow, Russia
January 10-14, 2019 in New York, NY
Janaury 20, 2018 in Danville, KY
January 26-27, 2018 in Notre Dame, IN
February 2, 2018 in St. Joseph, MN
February 5, 2018 in Naples, FL
February 8, 2018 in Amherst, MA
February 10, 2018 in New Bedford, MA
March 8-10, 2018 in Portland, OR
March 17, 2018 in Madison, WI
March 24, 2018 in Brookfield, WI
April 14, 2018 in Portland, ME
April 18, 2018 in Storrs, CT
April 21, 2018 in Burlington, VT
May 5, 2018 in Purchase, NY
May 10, 2018 in Omaha, NB
May 18, 2018 in Louisville, KY
September 20, 2018 in Fayetteville, AR
September 28, 2018 in Irvine, CA
October 5, 2018 in Boulder, CO
November 3, 2018 in Tivoli, NY
November 7, 2018 in Gainsville, FL
November 12, 2018 in Charlotte, NC
November 14, 2018 in Gettysburg, PA
November 16, 2018 in Princeton, NJ
January 11-12, 2019 in Lakeworth, FL
Janaury 24, 2019 in East Lansing, MI
Janaury 26, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA
February 1, 2019 in Ogden, UT
February 7, 2019 in Denver, CO
February 21, 2019 in Santa Barbara, CA
February 23, 2019 in San Jose, CA
February 28 - March 2, in San Francisco, CA
March 5, 2019 in Malibu, CA
March 14, 2019 in Aiken, SC
April 14, 2019 in Virginia Beach, VA
Plie for the Arts Gala
Performed by Kanji Segawa
September 23 and 24, 2017 in Kingston Jamaica
Performed by Sarah Daley-Perdomo
August 8-9, 2022 in Kingston, Jamaica
The Juilliard School:
May 20, 2019 in New York, NY
TITAS Command Performance Gala:
June 1, 2019 in Dallas, TX
Orlando Ballet
March 18-28, 2021 in Orlando, FL
COCA Gala:
October 11, 2020 in St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis Dance Theatre:
November, 2023 in Saint Louis, MO