Splendid Isolation III is a contemporary ballet duet, the third version of the original piece by Jessica Lang performed in 2005 as a festival project. The main inspiration is the life of Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma. In their story, Mahler asked Alma to give up her career as a composer before he would marry her, so she could devote herself totally to him. The work focuses around the woman enveloped in a large skirt that defines the boundary between the lovers. Through the evolution of the piece, the skirt that once separated the couple becomes the object that binds them together in their splendid isolation from the world.
