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. One of his first, "Bang and Suck," was awarded a finalist prize at the Fourth International Competition for Choreographers of Contemporary Dance in Groningen, The Netherlands in 1994 and was a special citation of the Kurt Jooss Award jury in Essen, Germany in 2001.

Parker recently choreographed the evening-length production of "Dylan Dog" for the Verona Ballet in Italy with Jeffrey Kazin in the title role. This dance/theater work with songs featured 44 members of the Verona Ballet and was based on the adventures of an Italian comic book hero. Parker choreographed an industrial for Stolichnaya vodka which appeared simultaneously in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington DC. He has the pleasure of an ongoing collaboration with Sara Hook with whom he has made three pieces and taught workshops on dance career development.