Annenberg Center Live And NextMove Dance Present Final Philadelphia Performances Of Jessica Lang Dance

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present three performances (Friday, November 30 at 8 PM and December 1 at 2 PM and 8 PM) of Jessica Lang Dance, the company's final Philadelphia performances before it closes down in April 2019. Tickets are available at AnnenbergCenter.org or 215.898.3900.

Bucks County native Jessica Lang is a superstar in the dance world. Her ballet-based yet contemporary-driven works are rich with stunning movement, compelling musicality and beautiful cinematic composition. The Annenberg Center program, composed of all Philadelphia premieres, includes the world premiere of Lang's newest creation, us/we, and This Thing Called Love (2018), a celebration of the music of Tony Bennett. The inspiration behind us/we is unity of humankind. Her collaborators on the work are visual artist José Parlá and designer Moriah Black. The piece begins and ends with movements from composer David Lang's work, the national anthems. The ballet also includes a soundscape of New York City street sounds as well as spoken word and pop/rock music.

About the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts serves as a major cultural destination and crossroads connecting Penn and the greater Philadelphia region through innovative human expression in theatre, music, dance, and film, serving an annual audience of almost 50,000. The Annenberg Center also serves as a key resource for the arts at Penn, connecting master artists with Penn students in support of and as an enhancement to the arts curriculum. Student performing arts groups are also key users of the Annenberg Center's multiple performance and rehearsal spaces, while also staffing many operational roles throughout the academic year. In reflection of Penn's core values as a world-respected academic institution, the Annenberg Center emphasizes artistic and intellectual excellence, diversity, and rigor in its presentations; prioritizes broad inclusiveness in the artists, audiences, and groups it serves; manages outstanding performance, conference, and meeting facilities; and stresses comprehensive event planning, production support, and customer service. The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts is a major provider of performing arts access for school children and actively engages a broad range of primary, secondary, and post-secondary student audiences and inclusive constituencies from the campus, community, and greater Philadelphia region. Visit www.AnnenbergCenter.org.

About NextMove Dance

NextMove Dance Artistic Director Randy Swartz created the first annual dance series in Philadelphia at the Walnut Street Theatre in 1970. In 1983, he launched the Dance Celebration series at the Annenberg Center for a 32-year run and initiated a new annual series at the Prince Theater in October 2015. Dance Affiliates, renamed NextMove Dance, is recognized as one of the nation's finest dance presenters. Known internationally for award-winning presentations for almost four decades, NextMove Dance provides a wealth of opportunities for the Delaware Valley community to interact with the artists through talk-backs, master classes, artistic collaborations, workshops, children's programs and much more. Visit www.nextmovedance.org.

Annenberg Center Live's 2018-19 chronological calendar is available online.

Jessica Lang Dance

Friday, November 30, 8 PM

Saturday, December 1, 2 PM

Saturday, December 1, 8 PM

Called "sophisticated and intelligent" (The Los Angeles Times) and "moving and masterful" (Chicago Sun-Times), Bucks County native Jessica Lang is a superstar in the dance world. Lang's ballet-based yet contemporary-driven works are rich with stunning movement, compelling musicality and beautiful cinematic composition. In a program of world and Philadelphia premieres, this company will transform how you experience dance.

The program includes:

· Solo Bach (2008)

· Aria (excerpt) (2010)

· glow (2017)

· us/we (world premiere)

· This Thing Called Love (2018) Celebrating the music of Tony Bennett

The November 30 performance will be followed by a post-show talk with Annenberg Center Executive and Artistic Director, Christopher A. Gruits and NextMove Dance Artistic Director Randy Swartz.

The 2018-19 dance series is presented by Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance.

Visit AnnenbergCenter.org for ticket information.

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