David Parsons
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David Parsons is a choreographer and the founding Artistic Director of Parsons Dance Company.
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From 1978-1987, Mr. Parsons was a leading dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, where Mr. Taylor created many roles for him in works such as Arden Court, Last Look, and Roses. Companies with which he has made guest appearances include the New York City Ballet, the Berlin Opera, Momix, and the White Oak Dance Project. Mr. Parsons founded the Company that bears his name with lighting designer Howell Binkley in 1987.
Mr. Parsons has created over 70 works for the Parsons Dance Company, having received commissions over the years from eminent presenters such as the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Hancher Auditorium/University of Iowa, the Spoleto Festival, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Het Muziektheater, Dance Theater Workshop and the American Dance Festival.
He has also choreographed works for the Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and National Ballet of Canada among others. The list of companies that have performed his works includes Paris Opera Ballet, Feld Ballets/NY, Nederlands Danse Theater, English National Ballet, Ballet National de Nancy, Hubbard Street Dance Company, Batsheva Dance Company of Israel, among many others.
David Parsons choreographed and directed the dance elements for Times Square 2000, the 24-hour festivities in Times Square celebrating the turn of the Millennium, which was watched by billions of people all over the globe. He is a recipient of the 2000 Dance Magazine Award, as well as the 2001 American Choreography Award, for his work with AEROS, a production featuring the Romanian Gymnastic Federation that was featured on the Bravo Channel.
He created Shining Star for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater that premiered in November 2004 and recently participated in the NYC 2012 Olympics bid, as his signature piece, Caught, was performed for the IOC’s evaluation commission in 2005.
