Groundbreaking New York troupe Parsons Dance will showcase its energetic and athletic ensemble work on the Carver Neighborhood Cultural Heart this Thursday, marking group’s first San Antonio look in a decade.
The efficiency will embody six works by founder and inventive director David Parsons, whom the New York Occasions calls “one of many nice movers of recent dance.”
“San Antonio has such a terrific arts group, and we’re thrilled to return for the primary time since 2016,” Parsons mentioned in a press release. “The corporate has a longstanding connection to Texas courting again to 1990, and within the years since our final go to we’ve toured extensively — throughout Brazil, China, Europe, and all through the USA. Now, we’re prepared to return again to San Antonio to share each longtime favorites and newer works and to reconnect with the artists and audiences who make the town so particular.”
Parsons’ profession accolades embody three Choreography Fellowship Grants from the Nationwide Endowment of the Arts; the American Choreography Award; the Dance Journal Award; a Howard Gilman Fellowship, and the Dance Masters of America Annual Award. In 2018, he acquired the Capezio Award, one of the vital prestigious honors in dance.
Along with the greater than 75 works that he has created for his personal ensemble, Parsons has acquired commissions from the American Ballet Theatre, New York Metropolis Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the American Dance Pageant, Jacob’s Pillow, the Spoleto Pageant and Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, amongst others.
$35, 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, Jo Lengthy Theater on the Carver Neighborhood Cultural Heart, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 207-7211, thecarver.org.
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