Contact: Maridith Geuder
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Internationally renowned for its contemporary style, Parsons Dance will mix athleticism, personality and extraordinary artistry March 31 during the troupe's Mississippi State performance.
The 7:30 p.m. program in Lee Hall's Bettersworth Auditorium is the fifth in the university's 2009-10 Lyceum Series season.
The New York-based dance company maintains a repertory of more than 60 works choreographed by David Parsons (www.parsonsdance.org/artists/david_parsons.php.) Of these, 20 are originally commissioned scores by leading composers and musicians, including Dave Matthews, Michael Gordon and Milton Nascimento.
Employing 10 full-time artists, Parsons Dance was created with a commitment to build new audiences by creating contemporary American works "of unexpected artistic quality that are engaging and uplifting to audiences throughout the world."
Touring variously for regional, national and international audiences, the dancers "are picked for their virtuosity, energy and sexiness," observed New York Post critic Clive Barnes.
"They attack the audience and stage like gangbusters," he added.
For more on the MSU Lyceum Series or this program, telephone 662-325-4201 or visit www.lyceum.msstate.edu.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.