David Harrison

Executive Director

David Harrison has more than twenty-five years of successful administrative experience in the literary, visual and performing arts.  Formerly a senior director at ASU Gammage, the arts presenting program at Arizona State University, Harrison has worked successfully with a diverse range of the world’s most important performing artists.   In 1994, Harrison (along with Parsons Dance International Council member Dr. Michael Blachly) was 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. Recently, Harrison served as executive producer of both the stage and PBS television productions of “Remember Me,” a collaboration with the rock-opera band, East Village Opera Company and David Parson’s very first full-length dance. Harrison is active throughout the performing arts industry, as a Board member, consultant, collaborator and speaker.  Harrison joined Parsons Dance in October, 2006.