Contemporary Technique
the relationship between how and what you dance

Chrysa Parkinson is an independent dancer and teacher from New York and was awarded a “Bessie“ (New York Dance and Performance Award) for sustained achievement as a performer. “The development of physical and expressive range is encouraged by a simple, function oriented, sense based warm-up drawn from innate physical patterns. Perceiving the personal geometry of the body's anatomy and connecting that to the imagination, as well as playing with various approaches towards performing set material are my primary concerns.”


Chrysa Parkinson
Chrysa Parkinson is a performer and teacher living in Brussels. She teaches regularly at P.A.R.T.S./Rosas and works as a mentor for the 2nd cycle students. She also teaches regularly at Dancentrum Jette in Brussels, Panetta Movement Center in New York, and at ImPulsTanz-Festival in Vienna.

She is a member of ZOO/Thomas Hauert, and has also worked with Jonathan Burrows, Deborah Hay, John Jasperse, Meg Stuart, and David Zambrano. She was a member of Tere O’Connor Dance for many years in New York where she also performed with Irene Hultman, and Jennifer Monson, a.o. During that time she taught at Movement Research and at NYU.
She was awarded a Bessie for sustained achievement as a performer in 1996.

In 2008 Chrysa worked as a teacher researching performance practices in Montpellier with 6M1L and Ex.e.r.c.e. In 2009/10 she worked as a performer on creations with Jonathan Burrows, Mette Ingvartsen, and Rosas.