Parsons Dance Takes the Stage in Lake Placid

Start your Labor Day weekend enjoying world-class dance performances at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.

Photo courtesy Parsons Dance.

Parsons Dance Company presents a program filled with beloved company classics, recently created works from the Parsons repertoire, and a preview performance of a new dance creation at Lake Placid Center for the Arts on September 1, 2023.

Based in New York, Parsons Dance is a modern dance company internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance of extraordinary artistry that is accessible and enriching to diverse audiences.

Photo courtesy Parsons Dance.

Founded in 1985 by artistic director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley, the Company is known for its energized, athletic ensemble work and has collaborated with iconic artists across all disciplines, including Billy Taylor, Milton Nascimento, Allen Toussaint, William Ivey Long, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, and Alex Katz.

The company has toured more than 380 cities, 22 countries and 5 continents for the most notable theaters, festivals and presenters worldwide, including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Maison de la Danse in Lyon, Teatro La Fenice in Venice and Teatro Muncipal do Rio de Janeiro. New York Magazine called Mr. Parsons “one of modern dance’s great living dance-makers.”

For more information, check out Lake Placid Center for the Arts website.