[1][2][3] It is led by Artistic Director Annie-B Parson, who founded Big Dance Theater in 1991 with Molly Hickok and Paul Lazar.
[9] Parson has also created performance pieces outside the Big Dance Theater Company, doing choreography for opera, pop musicians, television, movies, theatre, ballet, marching bands, and symphonies.
In addition, he has been commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Walker Art Center, Dance Theater Workshop, Classic Stage Company, and Japan Society.
Outside of the Big Dance Theater Company, Lazar's other projects as a director include, We’re Gonna Die and Body Cast.
In the fall of 2020, Lazar created a duet version of Cage Shuffle with Bebe Miller for the Wexner Center for the Arts, which toured the Cena Festival in Brazil in December 2020.