Parsons Dance excels at performing a wide variety of residency and community outreach activities across the nation and around the world each season. Parsons Dance positively impacts children, students and communities through the following activities:
- Master classes in modern, ballet, jazz and technique are offered at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels for pre-professional, professional and recreational dancers;
- Parsons Dance lectures-demonstrations are suitable for all ages (K-12, post-secondary and adult) and include demonstration of repertory and/or elements of production;
- Parsons Dance workshops and seminars focus on a variety of topics that include nutrition, fitness and the art of dance;
- Post-show discussions provide audience members an opportunity to ask questions about Parsons Dance and its repertory;
- A complimentary Parsons Dance Study Guide, designed in collaboration with the Ferst Center for the Arts, serves as an educational dance resource for teachers and students;
and - The New York City Summer Intensive Dance Workshop for pre-professional and professional dancers provides participants a unique opportunity to work and interact with Parsons Dancers while taking classes in contemporary dance, ballet technique and Parsons repertory.
