WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

DAVID PARSONS (Artistic Director/Co-Founder) has enjoyed a remarkable career as a director, choreographer, performer, master teacher, and producer. Raised in Kansas City, Parsons made it to New York at the age of 17 when he received a scholarship to the Alvin Ailey School. After Ailey, he became an understudy with the Paul Taylor Dance Company and then joined the company as a principal dancer. He stayed for eight years. During his summers, he toured with MOMIX; he appeared with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Mark Morris in the first White Oak tour and launched his choreographic career by setting work on the Taylor Company and on the National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Batsheva Dance Company, and the Paris Opera Ballet.

After leaving the Taylor company, Parsons was a guest artist with New York City Ballet for four years before his artistic prowess led him to undertake such diverse projects as choreographing Aida at Arena di Verona and producing and co-choreographing María de Buenos Aires at the Skirball Center, as well as creating the choreography for Fool’s Fire, a 1992 film directed by Julie Taymor. Perhaps one of his most thrilling assignments was choreographing and directing the dance elements for Times Square 2000, the 24-hour festivities in Times Square celebrating the turn of the Millennium. Since then, Parsons has participated in many projects, such as choreographing A Knight’s Tale, a musical theater work directed by John Caird, who previously directed the Broadway and West End productions of Les Misérables and the London National

Theatre’s production of Candide. Staged at Tokyo’s iconic Imperial Theatre in Summer 2018, the work featured Japanese pop stars.

In addition to the more than 75 works that he has created for Parsons Dance, Parsons has received commissions from such companies as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, the Spoleto Festival, and Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, with his most recent from the Kansas City Ballet, who staged his work A Play For Love in May 2019.

Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the great movers of modern dance,” Parsons has received many accolades throughout his career, including three Choreography Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the American Choreography Award, the Dance Magazine Award, a Howard Gilman Fellowship, and the Dance Masters of America Annual Award. In May 2018, he received the Capezio Award, one of the most prestigious awards in dance.

HOWELL BINKLEY (Resident Lighting Designer 1985-2020/Co-Founder) was the proud co-founder of Parsons Dance for which he designed more than 70 pieces. He designed 52 Broadway shows, was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and won two: Hamilton (2016 Tony Award and 2018 Sir Laurence Olivier Award), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony Award, Henry Hewes Design Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award). Shows include: Ain’t Too Proud (2019 Tony nomination), Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed... (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, and Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination). He made extensive regional and dance works for companies such as Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards. He was a five-time Helen Hayes Award recipient and received the 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and the Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman.

ZOEY ANDERSON (Dancer) was born and raised in Utah, where she trained in contemporary, ballet, jazz, and ballroom dance at Center Stage. She was the ballroom national smooth champion in 2010. Zoey graduated cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College in 2015 with a BFA in Ballet under the direction of Katie Langan. She has performed works by Dwight Rhoden, Lar Lubovitch, and Aszure Barton, among others. In 2013, Zoey performed with Nikolais Louis in the Yang Liping International Dance Festival in Kunming, China. Other credits include the Broadway premiere gala of On The Town, the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Dancing With The Stars webisodes, and Macy’s Passport Tour with P. Diddy. Zoey was nominated for the 2018 Outstanding Performer Bessie Award for her sustained achievement in Parsons Dance and is the recipient of the 2019 Clive Barnes Dance Artist Award. Zoey joined the company in 2015.

CROIX DIIENNO (Dancer) was raised in Bucks County, PA where he demonstrated his devotion to the performing arts by participating in local musicals before discovering dance at age 12. His first love was for hip-hop, and then he branched out to train in ballet and Fosse technique. Under the mentorship of Scott Jovovich, he received his BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University where he studied a range of dance styles with Rhonda Miller, Jess Hendricks, Alexandra Damiani,

Donna Drake, Dominique Kelly, and Jenn Hamilton, as well as with award-winning choreographers Josh Bergasse and Mandy Moore. As a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, he is dedicated to the study of human movement and to educating the next generation of dancers. Croix joined Parsons Dance in the Fall of 2019.

RACHEL HARRIS (Dancer) was born and raised in Charlotte, NC where she began training at Dance Productions and received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance in 2020. She has attended summer intensives at Jacob’s Pillow, The Ailey School, Ballet X, and A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. She has performed in works by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Barak Marshall, Dwight Rhoden, Paul Taylor, Jodie Gates, and many others. She is a founding member of Zeitgeist Dance Theatre and has danced with several noted artists including recording artist Brandy. Rachel has worked as Diversity Liaison, Education Coordinator, and Apprenticeship Director for Parsons Dance since joining the company in 2020.

MEGAN LEIGH GARCIA (Dancer) began training at Progressions

Performing Arts in Spring, TX. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona in 2019 with a BFA in dance and a business administration minor. She was privileged to perform works by Nacho Duato, Martha Graham, Bella Lewitzky, Larry Keigwin, and more. Megan attended intensives at Hubbard Street, Giordano Dance, River North Dance, the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, and the Rockettes. After graduation, Megan was offered the role of Rockette in the 2019 Christmas Spectacular. She performed in 102 shows, and was interviewed by TODAY, News 4 New York, and Telemundo. This is Megan’s second season with Parsons Dance.

TÉA PÉREZ (Dancer) is originally from Dallas, TX, where she trained and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (BTWHSPVA) under the direction of Lily Cabatu Weiss and Kate Walker. Pérez moved to New York City in 2017 to attend the Ailey/Fordham BFA Dance Program under the direction of Melanie Person. Pérez graduated in May of 2021 from the Ailey/ Fordham BFA Program with a BFA in Dance along with a BA in Art History, with a concentration in Contemporary and Modern Art. During her studies, Pérez performed works by Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Kyle Abraham, Jessica Lang, Aszure Barton, Lar Lubovich, and Dwight Rhoden, among others. Téa served as an understudy for one season with Parsons Dance, and was promoted to Company Dancer in June 2022.

CHRISTIAN PARIS BLUE (Dancer) is a contemporary dance artist based in New York City who hails from Phoenix, AZ. Christian holds a BFA in Dance with a distinction in Modern Dance from The University of Arizona. As an original cast member of Terrence Blanchard’s Opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones, Blue’s work has been seen live at the Metropolitan Opera, The Lyric Opera, and streamed internationally through PBS and NPR. Christian is thrilled to be joining Parsons Dance for their first season with the company.

NICK FEARON (Dancer) began dancing in San Antonio, TX, his hometown, and went on to earn his BFA in dance from Point Park University, where he performed works by David Parsons, Lar Lubovitch, Mark Morris, and José Limón. While studying at Point Park, he danced with Pittsburgh’s Texture Contemporary Ballet. Following his 2015 apprenticeship with Parsons Dance, Nick danced with Ballet Hispanico for three years. He has also performed with BHdos, RWS Entertainment, and Step One Dance Company. This is Nick’s first season with the company.

LUKE ROMANZI (Dancer), a Brooklyn native, is an alumni dance major of LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. He was most recently the youngest dancer in Rock The Ballet, a contemporary ballet company. While with the company, he toured in Germany, France, and Dubai and was featured on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness. In 2018, he was accepted into the Young Choreographers Festival, held at Symphony Space in New York City, and was designated a YoungArts finalist. This is Luke’s first season with Parsons Dance.

ERIN HOLLAMON (Understudy) is a Houston, TX native and attended the High School for Performing and Visual Arts. In 2021, she graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She moved to New York City to start her professional dance career with the Limón Dance Company as a member of Limón 2. She has had the privilege of working with renowned choreographers such as Rena Butler, Doug Varone, Omar Roman de Jesús, Gregory Dolbashian, and many more. Since moving to New York, Erin has performed at The Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, Theater at St. Jeans, and toured all through Italy. She is thrilled to continue her professional career with Parsons Dance!

RENA BUTLER (GenerationNOW Fellow/Choreographer) hails from Chicago, IL. She began her studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, studied overseas at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena danced with companies such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (also a choreographic fellow), A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle/M-Motions, The Kevin Wynn Collection, and Gibney Company, where she also served as Choreographic Associate. Rena's choreographic work includes BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Boston Dance Theater, The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Academy Award-Winning jazz composer, Terrence Blanchard, CHTV Stories television program in Switzerland, a film short in collaboration with Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, The Young Choreographer's Festival in NYC, The Ailey/Fordham School, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, and more. In 2019, she was the recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Award for Choreography, and has been spotlighted in Dance Magazine's "On The Rise" feature.

DARRYL J. HOFFMAN (Composer, The Ride Through) is a composer originally from Bronx, NY. With his lifelong love for music, he developed a curiosity for sound and began creating at the age of 13. His resume of compositions includes works on Kansas City Ballet for choreographer Stephanie Martinez (2016), pieces for Danceworks Chicago (2016), Minnesota Dance Theatre (2017), Visceral Dance Chicago's Synapse (2017), and three Philadanco works choreographed by Anthony Burrell and Christopher Huggins (2018-2019). He has also composed works for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, BalletX, Gibney Dance (choreographed by Rena Butler, 2018-2021), as well as full compositions for both Ebony Williams’ pieces entitled Title lX and Victoria, which premiered at Jacob’s Pillow in 2019.

GIANCARLO “GC” DE TRIZIO (Drums/Composer, Balance of Power) is an award-winning drummer, composer, producer, and Grammy voting member. Originally from Italy, he received a degree in Classical Percussion from the Conservatory of Bari and a B.S. in Performance from The Berklee College of Music. GC has toured internationally with Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist Jake Clemons, Tunisian Artist Emel Mathlouthi, and vocal group Women of The World. He has collaborated with such artists as Sting, Angelique Kidjo, Miesa, Billy Porter, Jason Alexander, Korean pop stars Sohyang and Hwang Chi Yeol, and with film composer Alan Silvestri and with Oscar winners Pasek & Paul, Mykal Kilgore. He has participated in such music festivals as Blue Note Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, NYC Summer Stage, and Nuits d’Afrique. His Broadway credits include Hamilton, The Lion King, Dear Evan Hansen, and The Book of Mormon

DANIEL HASS (Cello, Swing Shift 3/21 - 3/25) is an Israeli-Canadian cellist and composer and has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Israel, with orchestras such as the Toronto, Victoria, Stratford, and Edmonton Symphony orchestras, and in venues such as Alice Tully Hall in New York, Koerner Hall in Toronto, the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, and Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Daniel is a member of the Renaissance Quartet, led by renowned violinist Randall Goosby, as well as the Jupiter Chamber Players, the Omega Ensemble, Random Access Music, and the avant-garde group Orlando Furioso, lead by Chilean composer Vicente Hansen Atria. As a composer, Daniel has been commissioned by the Glenn Gould Foundation, The Las Vegas Young Artists Orchestra, and the Revolve Dance Project.

CAITLIN SULLIVAN (Cello, Swing Shift 3/15 - 3/18) is a performer of classical and contemporary music based in New York City. In 2019, she released her solo debut album, A Page From, on the New Amsterdam label, featuring some new works written for her by several of today’s leading composers. As a longtime established chamber and orchestral musician, Ms. Sullivan is a member of the celebrated and adventurous ensemble The Knights, with whom she has performed with extensively in the US and Europe. While a member of the chamber music collective Decoda, Ms. Sullivan performed a wide range of chamber music throughout the US, UK, Mexico, and Japan. A frequent collaborator with her husband, film composer Nicholas Britell, her playing has been featured on several of his film and TV scores.

LORA TCHEKORATOVA (Piano, Swing Shift) has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. At age 21 she won the top prize of the Washington International Competition for pianists. A former student of Seymour Lipkin, Ms. Tchekoratova holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. As an active advocate of Bulgarian music, Ms. Tchekoratova is a founding member of the concert series Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York. She is also the Artistic Director of Salon de Virtuosi. She teaches at Mannes

Prep at the New School in New York. During the summers she directs the Off the Beaten Path chamber music festival in the village of Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria.

GEORGY VALTCHEV (Violin, Swing Shift) has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages in US, Europe, and Asia as a soloist with orchestras, in recitals, and as a chamber musician. Mr. Valtchev has been honored to lead, as guest concertmaster, several major symphony orchestras, most notably the London Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera of Madrid. He is a founder and artistic director of the Off the Beaten Path Chamber Music Festival in Kovachevitsa, and a founding member of the Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York chamber music series.

CHRISTOPHER S. CHAMBERS (Lighting Designer) Dance: Ailey II, American Repertory Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Boca Tuya, Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Lustig Dance Theatre, Parsons Dance, Yin Yue Dance Company, Manchester Ballet, Ram Island Dance. Theatre: Houses on the Moon, Cape Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, York Theatre, Curtain Call Inc., Boston College, Montclair State University, University of Hartford, Mount Washington Valley Theatre Company, Resort Players, M+D Productions, Weston Playhouse. A Connecticut native, Chris currently lives in New York. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut and is a proud member of USA 829.

CHRISTINE DARCH (Costume Designer) designs and builds costumes for choreographers Julia Adam, Jennifer Archibald, Karen Burke, Val Caniparoli, Robert Dekkers, Jorma Elo, Nicolo Fonte, Adam Hougland, Jae Man Joo, Wubkje Kuindersma, James Kudelka, Gabrielle Lamb, Edwaard Liang, Stephanie Martinez, Stephen McMahon, Matthew Neenan, David Palmer, David Parsons, Gina Patterson, Caili Quan, Brian Reeder, Dwight Rhoden, Amy Seiwert, Merián Soto, Septime Webre, and Yue Yin. She has been commissioned by Alvin Ailey, Arizona, Astana, Atlanta, Ballet West, BalletX, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Colorado, Complexions, Dayton, Gibney, Hawaii, Houston, Imagery, Israel, Kansas City, Marin, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nice Méditerranée, Oklahoma City, Oregon, Parsons Dance, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Post, Sacramento, San Francisco, Singapore, Smuin, Tulsa, and Washington Ballet. She is the resident costume designer for COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet.

REBECCA JOSUE ( Executive Director ) joined Parsons Dance in 2010 as the Company Manager and Stage Manager, and was lucky enough to tour with the company both nationally and internationally for her first five seasons. Rebecca became the General Manager during the 2013-2014 season and was appointed Executive Director in June 2019. Before joining Parsons Dance, Rebecca was a freelance company manager, stage manager, producer, theater administrator, and director. She has worked at New York Stage and Film, Mabou Mines, The Public Theater, New World Stages, La Mama, and the Under the Radar Festival among other places in company management, production management, stage management, and Development. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Rebecca completed the Senior Leaders Program for Non-Profit Professionals at Columbia Business School in May 2019, earning her a Certificate in Business Excellence.

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