BIOS
 
David Parker
(performer/artistic director) grew up in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and began studying tap and ballet in Boston while he was a teenager. He later discovered modern dance while attending Bard College. After performing in several tap, folk and contemporary dance companies in New York City, Parker began to make his own dances.
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  JEFFREY KAZIN
(performer/general manager) been banging around with Kathryn and David for 10 years now. In addition to his slapping, thudding and pointe responsibilities he is the General Manger and CFO for The Bang Group.
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Amber Sloan
(performer), originally from Northern Virginia, graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since moving to New York, she has had pleasure of working with Sara Hook Dances, David Parker & The Bang Group, Keely Garfield/Sinister Slapstick, Chris Elam's Misnomer Dance Theatre, Stephan Koplowitz, and Alexander Gish. Ms. Sloan's own choreography has been presented at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, in Urbana, IL, and in New York at the dancenow/nyc festival, Dance Space Center's Raw Material, and Danspace's Food for Thought at St. Mark's Church.
Kathy Kaufmann
(lighting designer) has worked in a variety of theatrical and dance venues including The Joyce Theater, BAM, Danspace, City Center, The Kaye Playhouse, P.S. 122 and Jacob's Pillow. Her recent projects include designs for Gina Gibney, Jody Oberfelder, Ben Munisteri, The Staten Island Ballet, Keiko Fujii, The Charles Moore Dance Theatre and Kathy Rose. Kathy production managed 6 summer events for the Hudson River Festival at Battery Park City this past summer and teaches at New York University.
 
 

Grace
Dance Captain, a founding member of The Bang Group
Ain't she cute?

Grace