Big Dance Theater

03/26/2026

And TODAY, THE OATH will have its European premiere .
5:15pm at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. There will be a Q&A with Alla Kovgan.
Link in Bio for tickets.

concept & choreography by Annie-B Parson
a film directed by Alla Kovgan
stage to screen adaption by Alla Kovgan & Elizabeth DeMent

cast:
Mawu Ama Ma’at Gora
Brooke Ashley Rucker
Stacy Dawson Stearns (Dance Captain)
Natalie Green Meg Harper -Jou Tang Jin Ju Song-Begin Joanna Kotze Jenn Nugent .jenn Devin Oshiro Pamela Pietro .pietro Kendra Portier Chanel Stone Paz Tanjuaquio Isabel Umali .umali devika wickremesinghe (Dance Captain)

associate choreographer: Elizabeth DeMent
producer: Sara Pereira da Silva
director of photography: Mko Malkhasyan, ACG
editor: Alla Kovgan
costume design: Samantha McElrath
costume construction: Liv Rigdon
sound design: Tei Blow
sound mix: Mark degli Antoni

Line Producer: Dawn Han Production Coordinator: Sara Procopio 1st AD: Derrick Tseng
2nd AD : Piera Leonetti
1st AC: Beth Fletcher
2nd AC/DIT: Kyle Isler
Steadicam: Ben Spaner
Gaffer: Joseph Albino
Best Boy Electric and Board Operator: Bill MacCartney
Key Grip: Gabriel Solorzano
Crane Operator:
VFX: Cooper Troxell
Colorist: Ben Federman .xyz

03/19/2026

This Friday in Hudson, NY — a work in progress at Time & Space Limited - https://mailchi.mp/3e1235525361/this-friday-in-hudson-ny-a-work-in-progress-at-time-space-limited

02/04/2026

Paul Lazar wins OBIE! - https://mailchi.mp/f6789e03eb5f/paul-lazar-wins-obie

12/11/2025

Big Dance 2025 things! -

We also celebrated our publication of Dance History(s): Imagination as a Form of Study in 2025. Interdisciplinary and collaborative, this project gathered twelve choreographer-writers to collectively explore the subject of dance history through the perspectives of artists themselves. We launched the...

09/05/2025

Big Dance Things! - https://mailchi.mp/541b2ea77956/big-dance-things

07/21/2025

Join Big Dance and Pan Pan on Saturday, July 26 at 5:00 PM at Coffey Street Studio in Brooklyn for a live conversation and the fifth installment of the Performance/Talk series.
CAN I TRY SOMETHING? is an experimental residency between Big Dance Theater and Ireland’s Pan Pan.
Artistic directors Annie-B Parson, Paul Lazar, and Gavin Quinn (Pan Pan) will be joined by performers Salma Ataya, Faith Jones, Elizabeth Dement, and Pete Simpson to reflect on collaboration, and creative process.
Moderated by writer/director Isaac Butler (The Method), this talk invites anyone curious about how performance is made—and re-made—through dialogue.
📍153 Coffey Street, Brooklyn
📅 Saturday, July 26 | 🕔 5:00 PM

Free & open to the public - reserve your ticket - link in bio.
Presented as part of the Coffey Street Studio Artist Initiative.

📸 Caption: Four performers in a rehearsal studio engage in a physical scene: one sits in a chair touching the head of another on all fours; a third leans forward watching, and a fourth sits on a mostly hidden performer behind a couch.

06/27/2025

The Forest of Metal Objects opens today at the Cloisters - https://mailchi.mp/4a94f3e9f88f/bam-our-book-13057996

03/28/2025

Spring Things 🌻 - https://mailchi.mp/1196413e739a/bam-our-book-12942871

02/12/2025

💥BAM: Our Book! - https://mailchi.mp/407e45ffb151/bam-our-book

01/15/2025

From Stage to Screen: The Oath, originally presented at the Perleman Performing Arts Center is now part of Art at Amtrak at Moynihan Train Hall. Curated by

This digital installation runs from January 15th to April 14th, 2025.
Concept and choreography by Annie-B Parson
a film by Alla Kovgan
stage choreography to film adaption by Alla Kovgan and Elizabeth Dement choreographed in collaboration with the dancers: Mawu Ama Ma’at Gora, Brooke Ashley Rucker, Stacy Dawson Stearns(Dance Captain), Natalie Green, Meg Harper, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Kashia Kancey, Joanna Kotze, Jenn Nugent, Devin Oshiro, Pamela Pietro, Kendra Portier, Chanel Stone, Paz Tanjuaquio, Isabel Umali, devika wickremesinghe (Dance Captain)
associate choreographer: Elizabeth DeMent executive producer: Sara Pereira da Silva
director of photography: Mko Malkhasyan, ACG
editor: Alla Kovgan costume designer: Samantha McElrath
costume construction: Liv Rigdon
sound design: Tei Blow
sound mix: Mark degli Antoni Production 1st Assistant Director: Derrick Tseng
2nd Assistant Director : Piera Leonetti 1st Assistant Camera: Beth Fletcher 2nd Assistant Camera/DIT: Kyle Isler
Steadicam Operator: Ben Spaner
Gaffer: Joseph Albino
Best Boy Electric and Board Operator: Bill MacCartney
Electric: Chase Shamlian
Key Grip: Gabriel Solorzano
Post Production Coordinator: Cooper Troxell
Colorist: Ben Federman

Photos 1 & 2: David Plakke
Photos 3 & 4: Whitney Browne
Photo 5 & 6: Dawn Han

12/31/2024

2024 Biggest undertaking was the creation of a film version of “The Oath”, originally commissioned by and !

Segments of it will be shown very soon!
Stay tuned and happy new year!!! 💫🥂💞

Original concept and choreography
A film directed by Alla Kovgan
Film adaption by Alla Kovgan and Elizabeth DeMent
Executive Producer

Performed by:

Mawu Ama Ma’at Gora (Dancer)
Brooke Ashley Rucker(Dancer)
Stacy Dawson Stearns (Dance Captain)
Natalie Greene (Dancer)
Meg Harper (Dancer)
Hsiao-Jou T ang (Dancer)
Jin Ju Song-Begin (Dancer)
Kashia Kancey (Dancer)
Joanna Kotze (Dancer)
Jen Nugent (Dancer) .jenn
Devin Oshiro (Dancer)
Pam Pietro (Dancer) .pietro
Kendra Portier ( Dancer)
Chanel Stone (Dancer)
Paz Tanjuaquio (Dancer)
Isabel Umali (Dancer) .umali
devika wickremesinghe (Dance Captain)

Director of Photography
Sound Design
Costume Design
Costume fabrication
First AD Derick Tsang
Second AD
Gaffer Joseph Albino
Steady Camera Ben Spaner

Production sound mixer .soundsss
Assistant Editor
PAs Nahla Beltran, Michelle Zabinski, and Hunter Gause

Beautiful photos by our line producer

Thank you to the entire crew ( not everyone fits above), to supporters,

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