DAVID HARRISON (Executive Director)

Mr. Harrison has served as executive director of Parsons Dance since October, 2006.  Harrison has more than twenty-five years of successful administrative experience in the literary, visual and performing arts.  Formerly a senior director at the arts presenting program at Arizona State University, Harrison has worked successfully with a diverse range of the world’s most important dance artists.

In 1994, Harrison (along with Parsons Dance International Council member Dr. Michael Blachly) played a leading role as part of a four-university team that co-commissioned and presented the first-ever U.S. national tour of the internationally renowned Tanztheater Wuppertal–Pina Bausch.  Harrison is active throughout the performing arts industry, as a Board member, consultant, collaborator and speaker.