ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a bi-coastal choreographer, director, and dancer. I create large scale site responsive dance works that immerse audiences and performers, engaging both parties as active participants in the world I create. I am committed to exploring how the physicality of dance can be matched on emotional and intellectual levels to yield work that is impactful to society. I develop a unique movement language and world during each creative process and build the framework for an environment of opposing elements, all linked by a shared value system. A cornerstone of my process is my prioritization of narrative and my inclusion of multi-disciplinary techniques including film, text, and sound within both the movement generation process and the final piece.

Review


"Conceptualized and choreographed by Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, it began with her issuing a spoken word warning about–something–and undergoing what seemed like a slow-motion panic attack: hurling herself to the ground and up again, hair whipping, eyes beseeching, it really appeared the throes of someone who knew something terrible and was trying and failing to convey that knowledge before it was too late."

-Broke Ass Stuart (San Francisco news+culture)

Magma, a Post:ballet production


"Eurydice wears the most traditionally feminine costume (despite the boots) yet, becoming ever more fierce and ragged in her defiance of her fate, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison seems to throw herself about with the most abandon of anyone; her final failure to break free of the clutch of Atropos is a devastating shock."

- 48hills (Independent San Francisco news + culture)

Lyra, a Post:ballet and The Living Earth Show co-production



Biography

Moscelyne ParkeHarrison (she/her) is a bicoastal dance artist. She is the former Associate Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of Post:ballet (2022-25), and Director of BODYSONNET. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School (Dance ‘19) with the Joseph W. Polisi Artist as Citizen Award. She received additional training at Hubbard Street Pro, Walnut Hill, BANFF, and Jacob’s Pillow. She has performed works by Crystal Pite, Martha Graham, José Limón, Nacho Duato, Bill T Jones, Johannes Wieland, Roy Assaf, Ihsan Rustem, Chuck Wilt, Jorge Crecis, Robin Dekkers et al.
Moscelyne has received support from Anthony Quinn Foundation, MassCultural Council, NEFA, and commissions from The Juilliard School, Metropolis Ensemble, LINES Training Program, and Post:ballet. Moscelyne is a faculty member at City Dance SF, Berkeley Ballet and LINES. She has taught workshops at Steps on Broadway, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and Yale University. She has led community engagement programs (2016-19) and entrepreneurship sessions (2024) for The Juilliard School. She has experience teaching ages 8+, and disabled/neurodivergent persons. Her dance films have been featured at The San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Dance Camera West, and ADF’s Movies for Movers. Recently Moscelyne choreographed Magma, an evening length immersive dance theater production for multi-room nightclub The Midway SF. 




photo by Kyle Adler