Annie-B Parson founded Big Dance Theater with Paul Lazar in 1991. She has created 14 pieces for the company, touring the work both nationally and internationally. In New York, her work has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Classic Stage Company, and the Guggenheim Works & Process Series. She was honored with a BESSIE in 2002 for her body of work with the company, and was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. Since 1993 she has been an instructor of choreography at NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing. Her choreography for TV and film includes Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia.