DanceVisions, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation co-founded by Margot Parsons in 1982. It has presented her work over the years and for seven years produced the highly acclaimed Dance on the Top Floor, an evening of dance featuring renowned choreographers from Boston, Chicago, New York, Pennsylvania, and other states.

Margot Parsons’ passion to choreograph motivates her to create new works each year, two for her company and two for the Ballet Repertory class at Boston University. As DanceVisions, Inc. enters its 29th year, the Company will continue to present original ballet-based choreography, to introduce audiences to established and new choreographers, and to provide performance opportunities to dancers.

Our Mission

DanceVisions, Inc. is committed to producing original ballet-based choreography, to introducing audiences to established and new choreographers, and to providing performance opportunities to dancers.

Producers

Margot Parsons
Margot Parsons did her first plié at age eight, made her first dance at fourteen, and was invited to join Ballet Theater at fifteen. She trained in Chicago with Richard Ellis and Christine DuBoulay (of Sadlers Wells Ballet) and in New York with Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis, with Maggie Black, and at the Martha Graham Studio. She danced in New York with Choreoconcerts, Yuriko, Larry Richardson, The Ballet Ensemble of New York, in the City Center production of "The King and I," and was invited to work in the companies of Pearl Lang and Agnes DeMille. In Boston she performed with Dorothy Hershkowitz, Ken Pierce, Skip Warren, and in the original cast of “A Dancer’s Christmas.” Currently she produces shows; choreographs and performs; and teaches ballet at Boston University, Boston College, Harvard University, The Dance Complex, Suffolk University, and Ballet Theatre of Boston. Her past teaching includes (in New York) The New School of Social Research, Hunter College, and The Spence School; and (in Boston) The Cambridge School of Weston, Dean College, The Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts, and Bradford College where she initiated the dance major program. She served for three years as Director of Marketing for the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble and for six years on the Board of the Boston Dance Alliance. She has created close to 100 works that have been performed by her company DanceVisions, Inc., and by the Ballet Repertory class at Boston University, Wellesley College Dance Group, Boston Ballet II, and Dance Across the Ages (in 2012). She is the founding, Artistic Director of DanceVisions, Inc., and a Producer of and Choreographer for "Dance on the Top Floor" and "Dancers at the Robsham," both highly acclaimed shows in Boston that featured works by choreographers across the US. In 1999 she was awarded the Dance Belt for her contribution to dance in Boston. She received a BS from the University of Wisconsin and an MA with honors from the University of Utah.

Eve S. Rounds
In addition to co-producing Dance on the Top Floor, Eve has danced locally with the Margot Parsons Dance Company and the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble. Eve received her ballet training at the School of American Ballet where as a student she performed with New York City Ballet. In addition to producing and performing, Eve serves on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. Currently she is a Trustee of Boston Ballet and a member of the Advisory Council for the School of American Ballet. Eve lives in Brookline, MA with her husband and three sons.

Patricia Strauss
Patricia Strauss’ performing and choreographic experience ranges from classical ballet through Broadway musicals, modern, and jazz-ballet. She has performed with several dance companies including Principal Dancer for Les Ballet-Jazz de Montreal, Minnesota Dance Company, Rondo Dance Theater, Joyce Trislers’ Dancecompany, and Het National Ballet of Holland’s Opera Ballet. In addition to performing, Ms. Strauss has taught ballet, modern, and jazz with many major dance studios and been resident and guest teacher for the School of Richmond Ballet, New World School of the Arts, Walt Disney World, Audre Mendel and Jurgen Schneider’s Vaganova Seminar, Lake Michigan College, Urdang Academy of London, Sarasota Ballet, Ballet Eddy Toussaint, Ballet Florida, Harvard University, and Harvard Ballet Company. She has choreographed extensively for dance companies, television, film, and musical theater, and was the director of her own company and school in Miami. While residing in Boston she was an instructor of dance at Suffolk University, Emmanuel College, Boston College, co-producer of Dance on the Top Floor, resident choreographer for Turtle Lane Playhouse and for eleven years a full-time classical ballet teacher for the Boston Ballet School. Ms. Strauss is currently a full-time faculty member for the Miami City Ballet School teaching intermediate to advanced level ballet.

Composers

Ai Isshiki

Raised in Japan, Ai Isshiki came to the United States to study at Berklee College of Music. After graduating with a BM in Composition and Film Scoring, Ai has gone on to teach, perform, and compose for dance, film, and stage in both the United States and Japan. As a pianist, she regularly performs in musical productions, ensembles, and a number of dance troupes, such as Boston Ballet, Green Street Studio, Boston College, Boston Conservatory, Tony Williams Dance Center, Ballet Rox, and Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre.  Ai has been accompanying Margot Parsons' ballet class since 2008 and in recent years she has begun collaborating with Ms. Parsons on a number of pieces.

Steve Milton

Steve Milton is a musical artist, composer, and music researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of popular and experimental artistic practices. Milton received a Master’s degree in Musicology from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied a variety of musical styles and completed a thesis examining postmodern aesthetics in Beck’s album Odelay. As a performer, Milton has toured internationally, most notably with his indie-rock band, The Cloud Room. As a composer, sound designer, and songwriter, Milton’s work can be heard across various media including television, radio, internet, film, and gallery installations. In 2009, Milton formed Lavalier, a multifaceted project that creates studio recordings, experimental chamber pop performances, and sound installations.

Sakiko Mori

Sakiko Mori grew up in Japan, and graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2004. She has worked for Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet School and Festival Ballet Providence, and has collaborated with a wide array of musicians and groups, in performance, recordings, films, animations, dance, and theatre. Sakiko is currently living in Providence RI, where she actively performs with several ensembles and bands. She is a piano technician and music teacher, and a long time collaborator with Ai Isshiki

Dancers

Jessica DeJean

Jessie DeJean is a Junior at Boston University and has been dancing for 16 years. She has spent summers attending programs with The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Ballet Chicago and Boston Ballet. As a member of Giordano Juniors Performing Group, she studied the unique style of Gus Giordano jazz. Although Jessie is preparing for a career in business, dance continues to play a significant role in her life

Nicole DeVicci
Nicole DeVicci, originally from Voorhees, NJ, began her ballet training under Andrea Duffin at the Duffin School of Ballet. For 12 years, Nicole studied classical ballet and performed in several full-length productions with the South Jersey Ballet Theatre. She continued to study ballet with Margot Parsons while attending Boston University where she received her BS in Special Education in 2009. Nicole currently works at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School as an English Special Education teacher. This is Nicole’s 4th year dancing with Dance Visions, and she is thrilled to be able to continue pursuing her passion for dance.

Daisy Giunta
Daisy Giunta feels lucky to have performed with such companies as Garden State Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Commonwealth Ballet, and Jacob’s Pillow’s Ballet DeVille.  She came to Boston to pursue a BS in Special Education from Boston University.  Upon graduation, Daisy was the program director at a center for adults with disabilities before teaching dance at Newton Country Day School and Boston Ballet.  Daisy now spends her days dancing at home with her two children, and currently performs with Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble and Margot Parsons.  She also choreographs musicals for local schools and community theaters, and is the choreographer for “Dances with Wheels”, a performance group of wheelchair-bound adults with disabilities.   Daisy has danced with Margot for the last 17 years. 

Shannon Luchs

Shannon Luchs, a sophomore from Thousand Oaks, California is studying Psychology at Boston University. She has been dancing since the age of three studying ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, and modern. After dancing competitively for ten years, she joined the Pacific Festival Ballet company and performed lead roles in their productions of The Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Olympiad and Cinderella. Shannon studied at the American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensives in Orange County, California and Austin, Texas during the summers of 2005 and 2006 respectively. Shannon has been a member of Boston University’s Dance Theatre Group, Encore jazz/lyrical dance company and training with Margot Parsons since her first semester at BU. She has been involved in Margot’s ballet repertory and performances since Fall of 2010.

Christine McDowell
Christine McDowell, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is currently a senior studying History at Boston University. The majority of her training took place in Lambertville, New Jersey under the direction of Mark and Melissa Roxey at The Mill Ballet School where she was an active member of Mark Roxey’s pre-professional contemporary ballet company, Roxey Ballet 2. After graduating from high school, Christine apprenticed with Roxey’s professional company and performed roles in The Sleeping Beauty and George Bizet’s Carmen. In 2007, Christine performed in Tony William’s Urban Nutcracker in both corps and lead roles. In the summer of 2009, Christine completed an administrative internship with the Boston Ballet School and began performing with Margot Parsons. Christine is an active participant of Boston University’s Dance Theater Group where she choreographs as well as performs in student and faculty works.  She looks forward to working on new and exciting projects with Margot in the future.

Marin Orlovsky
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Elizebeth Randall
Elizebeth Randall began her dance training in Santa Cruz, CA and performed with the regional youth company Santa Cruz Ballet Theater. She participated in summer intensives at the Joffrey Ballet School, ODC/Dance, and the José Limón Institute. Elizebeth received her B.A. in Dance from San Francisco State University ('03) and her M.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts ('09). She studied at NYU on a full merit scholarship and was honored with the position of Graduate Student Assistant in Dance History. Elizebeth has performed professionally and toured internationally with San Francisco-based Liss Fain Dance, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Dance Ceres, Davalos Dance Company, and Paco Gomes & Dancers; with New York-based James Martin Music/Danee; and with Boston-based Margot Parsons and Mariah Steele. She has enjoyed teaching ballet, modern dance, and dance composition for many years and is currently on faculty at Boston Ballet School.