Tommy Parlon

Tommy Parlon, a native of Washington, D.C., received his M.F.A. in Dance 
(Choreography and Technology) from Arizona State University and his B.F.A. in Dance 
and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University. From 1998-2002 he was an 
Assistant Professor of Dance at Kent State University. While in New York City he 
danced with J. Fregalette Janson Dance, Centaur Dance Theatre, Beyondance Inc! and 
the Paris based multi-media performance art company FIASCO. Mr. Parlon has danced 
in pieces by Doug Varone, Stephen Petronio, Alvin Mayes, Laura Dean and Elizabeth 
Streb. In 1996-1998 he collaborated on Falling to Earth, an interactive multi-media 
performance piece created with the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona 
State University. His choreography has been commissioned by Incidents Physical 
Theater of New York City, NEW ARTiculations in Tucson, Arizona, Lansing Chamber 
Dance in Michigan, and numerous colleges through out the United States. He was 
awarded an Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance Performance from the Maryland 
State Arts Council in 2004. Mr. Parlon is currently the Artistic Director of Tommy 
Parlon Dance Projects in Washington, D.C., the Artistic Associate of Ground Zero 
Dance in Richmond and a Maryland Council for Dance board member.

ADULT PROGRAM: Ballet, Jazz