The Calling

Music

Anonymous
(“O Maria, stella maris”, French, late 12^th-early 13^th century)

Choreography

 Jessica Lang

Staging

Jessica Lang & Kanji Segawa

Costume Design

Elena Comendador

Costume Concept

Jessica Lang

Lighting Design

Adapted by Nicole Pearce

Duration

4 minutes

Cast

1 dancer

Premiere

October 15, 2006 (as part of Splendid Isolation II); Ailey II (Baltimore, Maryland)

PNB Premiere

June 7, 2015

The 2015 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of Jessica Lang’s The Calling was generously underwritten by Aya Stark Hamilton. The 2020 Pacific Northwest Ballet presentation of Jessica Lang’s The Calling is supported by Aya Stark Hamilton.