Tag: cleo parker robinson dance

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Unveils Headquarters Expansion

The Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Center for the Healing Arts in Denver, Colorado, will more than double its footprint with the official opening of its new wing this month. The 25,000-square-foot expansion, designed by Fentress Architects, includes four new studios, a 240-seat theater, and dressing and locker rooms, in addition to a reception area, office […]

Cornelius Carter Shares Dance as an Act of Community Service

Every dance artist begins their journey as a product of the community in which they began. While attending an all-Black school in the South, Cornelius Carter was asked by his high school dance teacher to choreograph for the school’s dance company. She noticed he had a natural talent for movement and saw the possibility of […]

IABD's New Project Is Preserving Black Dance History

The International Association of Blacks in Dance is digitizing recordings of significant, at-risk dance works, master classes, panels and more by Black dancers and choreographers from 1988 to 2010. The project is the result of a $50,000 Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources. “This really is a long time […]