Annie Rosenthal Parr

Annie Rosenthal Parr is a Bay Area dancer, choreographer, teacher and founder/director of RoCo Dance, Marin County. She received her BFA in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was a member of Della Davidson Dance and Margaret Jenkins Dance Company before she founded RoCo Dance, Marin County in 1993. 

Annie is the founder of El Campo, a retreat property in El Pescadero, Baja California Sur. At El Campo Annie hosts movement retreats, performances and classes. The property is also available to movement practitioners and artists to host their own retreats for up to 21 people.

Annie founded RoCo dance center in Marin County, California which she owned and operated for 30+ years with 2 locations and sold the business in 2023. RoCo is a training and performance center for youth and adults. During this time, she employed hundreds of Bay Area dancers and instructors, offered mentorship and teacher trainings and was the home to thousands of students.

Annie actively mentors artists and instructors through teacher training and guidance in assembling comprehensive structure to classes and choreographic feedback. Annie prepares young dancers for college dance programs and careers as professionals.

Annie presents work as an independent choreographer, performer and educator. She has served as an adjunct professor at University of California, Berkeley, Sonoma State, San Francisco State and Boston Conservatory. She presents master classes in studios throughout  New York City, Los Angeles, Switzerland and Mexico. Annie performs and has collaborated with many artists including David Dorfman, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Christine Cali, Smith/Wymore Disappearing Acts, Flyaway Productions, Yannis Adinou, and more. She receives awards as an independent choreographer and performer in the Bay Area and is the recipient of National Dance Weeks Bay Area Dancers Choice Award and of a MILLEY award for lifetime achievement in the arts. Annie completed her 500 hours with Nubia Teixiera and is a certified RYT through Yoga Alliance.

Annie’s classes encourage and teach multi-dimensional movement that emphasizes efficiency of movement, the use of explosive power, sensitivity, texture, phrasing and clarity. The material presented is a progression of physical challenges that inform and builds onto it. The phrases are musically inspired and paced to safely warm up the body and maximize strength and placement. Her approach to teaching dance and yoga is accessible to a broad audience.

Annie built El Campo, BCS in Pescadero, Mexico 2023. This retreat center serves all types of movement enthusiasts and artists to host their own events, residencies and a home to Annie’s workshops and experiences. 
Annie’s business and artistic pursuits continue to evolve through her desire to serve the community in which she lives and support dance as a relevant form, capable of enriching and altering many lives.

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