Julliard graduate and NYC-based choreographer Jessica Lang debuts a new creation in Buffalo, showcasing the area’s talents as well as her own. Her world premiere will be featured by Pick of the Crop Dance Company in a true collaboration of artistic talents. Jessica Lang’s illustrious career includes work with Twyla Tharp before graduating and performing abroad in such premiere locations as Japan and South Africa, as well as achieving prominence with the New York City Ballet and the ever popular Cirque du Soleil. Her talent and skills earned her the Choo San Goh choreography award in 2003. Sunday, she will utilize the talents of Pick of the Crop music director Curt Steinzor and Buffalo visual artist Julie Silver in a performance comissioned with support from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program. The performers include Elaine Gardner, Elizabeth Elkins and Leslie Wuebben. Besides this new piece, Elaine Gardner, Pick of the Crop’s artistic director, will get a chance to display her choreography entitled Yield to the Currents of Song, featuring Melanie Aceto, Elkins and Wuebben. With such amazing talent being showcased behind the backdrop of area artists, this performance is sure to be just the pick for a Sunday evening.

Sunday, May 21