JESSICA LANG DANCE Announces 2017-18 Season

September 16, 2017 – May 31, 2018
6 – 7PM

New York, NY - Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) announces 2017-18 Season including performances in NYC, national and international touring, and new community programming.

Ms. Lang has created choreography for Verdi’s Aida presented by Washington National Opera through September 23, 2017 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC.Shehas also been commissioned to create a pièce d'occasion for American Ballet Theatre’s Fall 2017 Season Gala at The David H. Koch Theater on October 18, 2017. In addition, Lang’s 2016 work for the company, Her Notes, is again part of ABT’s fall season programming, running through October 29, 2017.

UPCOMING NEW YORK PERFORMANCES

For American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 fall season at The David H. Koch Theater, Lang has been commissioned to create a pièce d'occasion forthe Opening Night Gala. This new work will be created for and performed by ABT apprentices, the ABT Studio Company and students from the upper level of the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School . This new work will receive it’s World Premiere at the Opening Night Gala on October 18. Lang’s work Her Notes, will also be performed on select nights by American Ballet Theatre season which runs October 18 - October 29. Her Notes received its World Premiere on October 20, 2016 at the Koch Theater in New York City. Set to the music of Fanny Mendelssohn, Lang collaborated with Lighting Designer, Nicole Pearce and Costume Designer, Bradon McDonald to create a piece that is “tasteful, substantial and very satisfying”(The Huffington Post).

Tickets for American Ballet Theatre’s 2017 Fall season at the David H. Koch Theater, priced from $25, are available online, at the Koch Theater box office or by phone at 212-496-0600. Performance-only tickets for the Opening Night Gala begin at $25. The David H. Koch Theater is located at Lincoln Center, Broadway and 63rd Street in New York City. For more information, visit ABT’s website at www.abt.org

Community programming is made possible with generous funding from The New York Community Trust and with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information please visit www.jessicalangdance.com.

For booking information, please contact Margaret Selby- President, Selby/Artists Mgmt:

212.382.3261 | mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com |selbyartistsmgmt.com

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Michelle Tabnick Communications