August 23, 2021
8:15 p.m.
Amphitheater
Programs and casting subject to change
Artistic Director
DAVID PARSONS
Executive Director
REBECCA JOSUE
Dancers
EOGHAN DILLON
ZOEY ANDERSON
DEIDRE ROGAN
HENRY STEELE
DAMOND LEMONTE GARNER
CROIX DIIENNO
RACHEL HARRIS
MEGAN GARCIA
Understudy: JERIMY RIVERA
Stage Manager
MICHAEL MEGLIOLA
Lighting Supervisor
BURKE J. WILMORE
Preview of THE ROAD
(To premiere November 2021)
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting by Christopher S. Chambers
Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens
Costumes by Christine Darch
ZOEY ANDERSON
DEIDRE ROGAN
HENRY STEELE
DAMOND LEMONTE GARNER
CROIX DIIENNO
RACHEL HARRIS
MEGAN GARCIA JEREMY RIVERA
The Road has been made possible so far by Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Vickie Morris, Rory Pottruck, and Chuck Andrews.
BALANCE OF POWER
(2020)
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting by Christopher S. Chambers
Music by Giancarlo De Trizio*
Costumes by Barbara Erin Delo
ZOEY ANDERSON
Balance of Power was generously commissioned by Linda Stocknoff.
*Music: Balance of Power. Written and Performed by Giancarlo “GC” de Trizio. Published by GrooveMusic (ASCAP).
SIDE EFFECTS
(2021)
Choreography by David Parsons
Assistant Choreography by Eoghan Dillon
Music by David Cloobeck*
Costumes by Amanda Gladu
EOGHAN DILLON
ZOEY ANDERSON
DEIDRE ROGAN
HENRY STEELE
DAMOND LEMONTE GARNER
CROIX DIIENNO
RACHEL HARRIS
MEGAN GARCIA
Side Effects was created in collaboration with the Parsons Dancers.
*Music: Side Effects. Composed, Recorded and Produced by David Cloobeck. Published by Cloobeck Music.
KIND OF BLUE
(2001)
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting Design by Howell Binkley, Original Lighting Design by Burke J. Wilmore
Music by Miles Davis, “So What”
Original Costume Design by Mia McSwain
EOGHAN DILLON
ZOEY ANDERSON
DEIDRE ROGAN
HENRY STEELE
Kind of Blue was commissioned by the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy. It is a tribute to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Miles Davis and features music from his best selling jazz album.
NASCIMENTO
(1990)
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Music by Milton Nascimento
Original costumes by Santo Loquasto, recreated by Barbara Erin Delo
ZOEY ANDERSON
DEIDRE ROGAN
HENRY STEELE
DAMOND LEMONTE GARNER
CROIX DIIENNO
RACHEL HARRIS
MEGAN GARCIA JERIMY RIVERA
Nascimento was commissioned by the Festival in the Sun at the University of Arizona at Tucson. Special thanks to Milton Nascimento, who composed this score as a gift to Parsons Dance, and to A. Alexandra Jupin, Executive Director of the Festival in the Sun.