BIOGRAPHY

Annie-B Parson

Annie-B Parson founded Big Dance Theater with Paul Lazar in 1991. She has created 14 pieces for the company, touring the work both nationally and internationally to such venues as Walker Art Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Spoleto Festival USA, On the Boards, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and UCLA, Live! , as well as the Netherlands, France, Italy and Germany. In New York City, Ms. Parson’s work has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Classic Stage Company, and the Guggenheim Works & Process Series. She received NYFA Fellowships in 2000 and 2005 and was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. In 2001, Ms. Parson collaborated with six other choreographers, including Robert LaFosse, Chet Walker and Richard Move, for The Seven Deadly Sins Project at Jacob's Pillow. In 2005 she curated Sourcing Stravinsky for Dance Theater Workshop. Ms. Parson has taught in the Master's directing program at Julliard and for the Bessie Schoenberg Master Class in Choreography. Since 1993 she has been an instructor of choreography at NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing.