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Tommy Parlon, a native of Washington, DC, 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 perfomrance 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 commissionsed by Incidents Physical Theater of New York City, NEW ARTiculations in Tucson, Arizona, Lansing Chamber Dance in Michigan, and numerous colleges throughout the United States. He was awarded an Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance Performance in 2004 and an Individual Artists Award in Choreography in 2007 from the Maryland State Arts Council. Mr. Parlon is currently the Artistic Director of Tommy Parlon Dance Projects in Washington, DC, the Artistic Associate of Ground Zero Dance in Richmond, VA, and the Dance Coordinator of the Community College of Baltimore County.

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