Parson's Dance Company is on the move. It began its 2009 international tour at the Joyce Theatre in New York City in January. The company presented stock pieces as well as debuted a new show which will be performed in Britain, Greenland and several other countries.
Show A (comprised of the company's classic numbers), featured "My Sweet Lord", "Caught", and "Fill the Woods with Light." For "My Sweet Lord" the company performed in light blue jeans and purple tops. Guys leaped onstage in purple t-shirts, as girls performed double pirouettes around them as their halter top baby shirts revealed their abs. The sheer fabric danced about their bodies complementing the sensuality of the music and choreography.
Parsons kept it simple for "Caught," perhaps in an effort to not distract audiences from the innovative choreography of the company's most famous piece in which a solo dancer performs various jumps and leaps between the flashes of a strobe light. The dancer, who appeared to be floating mid-air throughout the entire piece, simply wore a lyrical white pants and no shirt.
During the most spectacular performance of the night, “Fill the Woods with Light”, the entire company took turns gracing the stage in all black and jazz shoes. The girls in shorts and halter tops while the guys sported jazz pants and tees. Dawned in black, the dancers were consumed by the darkness on stage. The only lights coming not from the front of house lights above the audience or the cat walk above the stage, but from the dancers themselves.
To sensual saxophonic tunes, they rand on stage casting lamps with colored gels on one another. During a particularly memorable number, the dancers hidden in the darkness in a center stage clump, became visible as they turned on their light bulb decorated bodysuits. The image reflected the name of the song “Fireflies.”
Throughout the entire show, the costumes accurately connected to the music and choreography. Although this company may still be considered a baby in the world of dance, it is certainly holding its ground in choreography, performance and costuming.
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