Parsons Dance Announces Summer Intensive Workshop, 5/29-6/16

Parsons Dance presents the twelfth annual New York City Summer Intensive Workshop for pre-professional and professional dancers from May 29-June 16, 2012. For the first time, the workshop has been extended to three weeks. David Parsons' Master Choreography Workshop will follow the Summer Intensive Workshop from June 18-22, 2012. Enrollment information for both the Summer Intensive and Master Choreography Workshops can be found at www.parsonsdance.org/summerworkshops.

The Summer Intensive Workshop includes a culminating performance, the Summer Intensive Showcase, on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 6pm. Audiences are welcome to the free performance at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, 248 W. 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. Admission to the performance is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve seats, call (212) 869-9275 or email info@parsonsdance.org.

This year's Summer Intensive Workshop, held from May 29 - June 16, 2012, has been extended to three weeks and will give participants the opportunity to study with Artistic Director David Parsons and members of Parsons Dance in the heart of the modern dance capital, New York City. Participants take classes in modern and ballet technique, the repertory of Parsons Dance, and are offered special Professional Development seminars.

David Parsons' Master Choreography Workshop will take place from June 18 - 22, 2012. Dancers will have the opportunity to be part of the development process for David Parsons' next choreographic work. David Parsonswill set new work on participants and involve them personally and directly in his creative process.

Both the Summer Intensive and the Master Choreography Workshop are presented in association with Marymount Manhattan College, the official education partner of Parsons Dance, and held at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, 248 W. 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues.

For more information about either program, call 212-869-9395 or visit www.parsonsdance.org.