Join The Community Library and Ballet Sun Valley (BSV) for a conversation with world-renowned choreographer Jessica Lang, resident choreographer at Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB).

As one of the most celebrated choreographers of our time, over the past two decades Lang has created more than 100 original works for dance companies around the world including American Ballet Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Last summer, Lang spent a week in residence with the Library at the historic Ernest and Mary Hemingway House incubating a new work. The new work, a co-commission between BSV and PNB, will be performed on June 28 as part of Ballet Sun Valley’s 2026 Summer Festival.

This morning’s on-stage conversation will explore how Lang’s new work drew literary inspiration from her time at the Hemingway House. “The concepts are about aged books, short stories, and the library,” she says. “My visions for the piece are beautiful and poetic.”

Come hear about how a new work germinates and comes into the world – a new piece inspired by the Wood River Valley’s light, sounds, and energy.