Parsons Dance is an internationally renowned contemporary dance company under the artistic direction of choreographer David Parsons. It has toured around the world and performed in more than 240 cities. The Parsons Dance Company creates and performs contemporary American dance of extraordinary artistry that is entertaining and enriching to diverse audiences. The company is registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the dance company that gathered the largest auditorium, while performing in Times Square as part of the televised Millennium New Year’s Eve Celebration.

The company is to perform in St Petersburg for the first time: the Mikhailovsky Theatre hosts Parsons Dance on December, 13 and 14. The Russia Tour of Parsons Dance is supported by the US Embassy in Russia.

WOLFGANG
2005
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting Design by Howell Binkley
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Costume Design by David Murin
ABBY SILVA, MIGUEL QUIONONES, JULIE BLUME , ZAC HAMMER, SARAH BRAVERMAN, JOHN CORSA

WOLFGANG was commissioned by and created for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.
EBBEN
2009
Excerpt from REMEMBER ME
Choreographed by David Parsons
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Music by Alfredo Catalani from the opera La Wally
Arranged by East Village Opera Company
Costume Design by William Ivey-Long
ABBY SILVA or JULIE BLUME ZAC HAMMER

Lead Commissioning support for Remember Me was generously provided by the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation; and by Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Prostic, in honor and memory of their daughter Elizabeth Anne Prostic. Additional commissioning support was generously provided by the Lisa and Steve Cundall Family Charitable Trust and Mr. Peter Schamel for Dancers Responding to AIDS and the Fire Island Dance Festival 14.

SWING SHIFT
2003
Choreography by David Parsons
Music by Kenji Bunch
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costume Design by Mia McSwain
ABBY SILVA, MIGUEL QUINONES, JULIE BLUME or SARAH BRAVERMAN, ZAC HAMMER, ERIC BOURNE, JOHN CORSA, LAUREN PUTTY or MELISSA ULLOM

Swing Shift was commissioned in celebration of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial by the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana; Irvin David in honor of his wife Karin; the Kentucky Center for the Arts, the Lied Center for Performing Arts, a unit of the University of Nebraska; Altria Group, Inc., Parsons Dance’s New Works Fund 2003, and the John A. Sellon Charitable Residual Trust. The original music for SWING SHIFT was composed by Kenji Bunch.

INTERMISSION

SLEEP STUDY
1987
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting Design by Howell Binkley
Music by Flim & The BB’s
Costume Design by Gail Gilbert
ABBY SILVA, MIGUEL QUINONES, JULIE BLUME or SARAH BRAVERMAN, ZAC HAMMER or ERIC BOURNE, JOHN CORSA or STEVE VAUGHN, LAUREN PUTTY or MELISSA ULLOM

CAUGHT
1982
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting Concept and Design by David Parsons
Music by Robert Fripp
MIGUEL QUINONES or JULIE BLUME or ZAC HAMMER

Please be advised that strobe lights will be used during this piece.

Caught is maintained in the active repertory of Parsons Dance through generous support from the Jim and Linda Ellis Foundation.

SHINING STAR
2004
Choreography by David Parsons
Music by Earth, Wind & Fire
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Costumes by Mia McSwain
ABBY SILVA, MIGUEL QUINONES, JULIE BLUME, JOHN CORSA, ZAC HAMMER, ERIC BOURNE, STEVEN VAUGHN

SHINING STAR was commissioned by Sandy Weill in honor of his wife Joan and her extraordinary commitment and dedication to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This work was created through the Ailey New Works Fund, supported by Altria Group, Inc. This work is also supported by the Ailey New Choreography Initiative sponsored by AT&T.SHINING STAR was made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Special support has been provided by the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey through the generosity of the Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation and the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation.