Parsons Dance Company
Teatro Regio di Parma
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 8.30pm, ParmaDanza Subscription A
The performance lasts 1h 10', no interval
PARSONS DANCE COMPANY
FINDING CENTER
Choreography
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting
HOWELL BINKLEY
Music
THOMAS NEWMAN
Costumes
NAOMI LUPPESCU
Finding Center was commissioned by the Harriman-Jewell Series to commemorate its 50th season of bringing the best of the performing arts to Kansas City. Very special thanks to long time-friend and collaborator, Rita Blitt, whose exhibition “Finding Center” provided true inspiration for the work.
UNION
Choreography
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting Design
HOWELL BINKLEY
Music
JOHN CORIGLIANO, “Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Elegy”
Costume Design
DONNA KARAN
Union was born out of an AIDS benefit at the Lincoln Center in 1993, and was restaged by Parsons Dance with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. This work was restaged, in part, at a NYSCA Long-Term Residency in New York State at PS21 in Chatham, NY in 2015.
HAND DANCE
Choreography
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting Design
HOWELL BINKLEY
Musical arrangement
KENJI BUNCH, “Orange Blossom Special”
Costume Concept
DAVID PARSONS
UNEXPECTED TOGETHER
Choreography
EPHRAT ASHERIE and DAVID PARSONS
Lighting
CHRISTOPHER CHAMBERS
Original Score Composed
MARTY BELLER
This new music and dance is commissioned by Parsons Dance for its 2017 season, with private support from The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation.
CAUGHT
Choreography
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting Concept
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting Design
HOWELL BINKLEY
Music
ROBERT FRIPP, “Let the Power Fall”
Costume Design
JUDY WIRKULA
Caught is maintained in the active repertory of Parsons Dance through generous support from the Jim and Linda Ellis Foundation.
IN THE END
Choreography
DAVID PARSONS
Lighting Design
HOWELL BINKLEY
Music
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Costume Design
MIA MCSWAIN
In the End was commissioned by The Ferguson Center for the Arts at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA. Additional support was provided by the Jim and Linda Ellis Foundation, in memory of Jim Ellis.
