INTERVIEW: What It Really Takes to Become a Dance Maker

INTERVIEW: Jessica Lang on career-making, creativity and the hidden realities of becoming a choreographer.In anticipation of the All Lang program at Pacific Northwest Ballet. May 29-June 7 featuring ‘Her Door to the Sky’, ‘Ghost Variations’, and ‘Zigzag’ Lang discusses the creative life and what it really takes to become a choreographer.Lang is one of the world’s most versatile and prolific choreographers. A graduate of the Juilliard School and former member of Twyla Tharp’s company, she has created over 100 works for some of the world’s most celebrated institutions — among them American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and The Joffrey Ballet.Her work moves fluidly between ballet, contemporary dance, and opera, and has taken her from the stages of Lincoln Center to the Guggenheim to San Francisco Opera. She is currently Resident Choreographer at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Artist in Residence at Sarasota Ballet.For more great dance content: interviews, reviews and lives join us on The Dance Lens Substack: https://thedancelens.substack.com/If you’re in Seattle, Pacific Northwest Ballet presents an all-Lang program from May 29th through June 7th, featuring Her Door to the Sky, Ghost Variations, and Zigzag. Get full access to The Dance Lens with Cynthia Dragoni at thedancelens.substack.com/subscribe