ANNIE B PARSON.
a choreographer and artistic director of the award winning Big Dance Theater.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY.
Annie-B Parson co-founded Big Dance Theater in 1991; she has created over 20 large-scale works for venues including BAM, The Old Vic/London, Sadler’s Wells/London, The Walker, The National Theater/Paris, and The Kitchen. Parson has also made choreography for rock shows, marching bands, movies, museums, television, opera, ballet, theater, symphony orchestras, choruses, and string quartets. Artists she has
worked with include: Lorde, David Byrne, David Bowie, St. Vincent, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Wendy Whelan, Anne Carson, Laurie Anderson, The Martha Graham Dance Co., Salt ‘N Pepa and Jonathan Demme. With David Byrne, Parson choreographed his tours with Brian Eno, and St. Vincent. Their TONY winning American Utopia, on Broadway, became a film by Spike Lee. Parson has made dance for operas including Candide (Lyon Opera), The Hours, and Antony and Cleopatra by John Adams (Metropolitan Opera). Her books include: The Choreography of Everyday Life.
ARTIST INTERVIEW.
Stay tuned for the interview, to be released on August 24.
Your body holds everything—all your memories, all your dreams, everything. And you’re shaping that and you’re choreographing that. I mean, that’s pretty intense. Even if it’s not iterated what is happening, it’s a very, very intimate relationship.
Artist Website.
...the main joy is transmitted through Annie-B Parson’s choreography — a virtuosic simplicity that keeps everyone, musician or otherwise, in a
JOYOUS NONSTOP MOVEMENT
FROM START TO FINISH.
VULTURE MAGAZINE
GALLERY.
Discover photos and videos from Annie B's work.
CREDITS: THE MOOD ROOM, Conceived, directed, and choreographed by Annie-B Parson,
Music by Holly Herndon, BAM, December 2021, Photos by Julieta Cervantes; GIRL GROUP, Choreography by Annie-B Parson, Created in collaboration with the dancers: Cecily Campbell, Elizabeth DeMent, Natalie Green, Kashia Kancey, Brooke Ashley Rucker, and Jin Ju Song-Begin; THE OATH, Choreographer: Annie-B Parson, Artistic Associate: Elizabeth DeMent, In collaboration with dancers: Mawu Ama Ma’at Gora, Brooke Ashley Rucker, Stacy Dawson Stearns (Dance Captain), Natalie Green, Meg Harper, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Kashia Kancey, Joanna Kotze, Jenn Nugent, Devin Oshiro, Pamela Pietro, Kendra Portier, Chanel Stone, Paz Tanjuaquio Isabel Umali, devika wickremesinghe (Dance Captain), Photos by Rachel Papo; ANTIGONICK, Directed by Annie-B Parson, Performed by Vinie Burrows, Stacy Dawson Stearns, Elizabeth DeMent, Theda Hammel, Anne Gridley, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Jody McAulife , Eliza Bent, Jeanine Durning, Sibyl Kempson, and Devika Wickremesinghe, Photos by Maria Baranova.