ISDI is a five-week artist in-residence program that hosts master teachers from around the world that was recognized as the Top Summer Program for youth by Colorado Parent Magazine in 2004. The program will run from June 21 - July 23, 2010. For more information please call 303 295 1759, ext. 10.
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Presents the 16th Annual International Summer Dance InstituteISDI is a five-week artist in-residence program that hosts master teachers from around the world that was recognized as the Top Summer Program for youth by Colorado Parent Magazine in 2004. Click here for a PDF brochure with more information.
The program will run from June 21 - July 23, 2010. The themes are as follows:
Registrations are now being accepted, click here for the PDF registration form.
For more information please call 303 295 1759, ext. 10.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, celebrating 40 years, is proud to present the First Annual Mile High Dance Festival bringing together a variety of colorful and creative dance companies in Denver for the benefit of the metro area.
This free Festival, titled Celebrating Dances of the Americas, will take place from 7pm-10pm on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Amphitheatre located outside of the CPRD Theatre at 119 Park Ave West, Denver, CO 80205. This outdoor stage will be a buzz with culture as hundreds of dancers and their fans fill up this unique venue in the historic Five Points neighborhood. A strong sense of togetherness and love of dance and the metro area will fill the air while dancers perform all types dance styles. This Festival will be the highlight of the summer for those who love culture, community togetherness and dance.
As part of CPRD’s 40th Anniversary Season and its longstanding tradition of commitment to the Denver area and dance, this Festival is free to all those who want to attend.
The free Festival will be presented as part of the 16th Annual International Summer Dance Institute – a five-week intensive training program offered by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. The inaugural year of the Mile High Dance Festival will feature five SCFD Denver Tier III dance companies including Kim Olson/Sweet Edge, Grupo Folklorico Sabor Latino, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Fiesta Colorado and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble.
The inspiration for the Festival developed out of the International Summer Dance Institute’s Colorado Masters’ Week. During this week, the Institute highlights master instructors who currently teach in Colorado or who have had a significant impact on the State. Similarly, the Mile High Dance Festival will highlight and celebrate a richly diverse heritage of dance in Colorado.
The First Annual Mile High Dance Festival will feature a broad range of dance styles from contemporary modern to traditional ethnic dance indigenous to the Americas.
For more information about this free festival please call 303-295-1759.
A brief biographical sketch of each performing organizations follows:
Kim Olson/Sweet Edge
Kim Olson/Sweet Edge is a modern dance company that strives to create and perform innovative dance and through performance and educational opportunities, facilitate new levels of communication and ways of thinking about issues common to daily life and the human experience. The company seeks to broaden traditional ideas of dance by: exploring and generating new possibilities in movement and concepts; designing and performing site work for alternative spaces; and through visioning collaborative projects with other artists and venues – all of which can bestow new dimensions to the art of dance. Contact information: Kim Olson, kim@sweetedge.org, 720 530 6704.
Hannah Kahn Dance Company
Hannah Kahn Dance Company, one of Denver's finest professional modern dance troupes, has been sharing its passion for dance with the Denver community since 1988. The company's activities include performances, educational outreach programs to public schools, and participation in festivals. After graduating from the Julliard School, Kahn founded the Company in New York, and directed it there for twelve years before moving to Colorado in 1988. Kahn has received two NEA choreography fellowships, a New York State Council on the Arts individual choreographers fellowship and a CoVisions Recognition Award in dance choreography from the Colorado Council on the Arts. In 2009, Hannah was honored as a "Living Legend of Dance" by the Carson Brierly Dance Library – an award that honors those individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to dance in Colorado. Contact information: Hannah Kahn, hannahkahndance@gmail.com, (303) 789-4181.
Grupo Folklorico Sabor Latino
Grupo Folklorico Sabor Latino aims to "To preserve and promote Latino culture through education and professional development in the performing arts.” Founded in 1987 under the artistic direction of Lorenzo J. Ramirez, the Denver based dance group has been committed to preserve and perform, at a professional level, the dances that reflect Mexico’s many regions and cultures. Sabor Latino has performed at major cultural/educational events across Colorado and the United States and has had the opportunity to train with some of Mexico’s elite folklorico dance instructors. Grupo Folklorico Sabor Latino is the proud recipient of the 1998 Colorado Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the 1997 Denver Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and the Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship Award for Dance Choreography. Contact information: Lorenzo Ramirez, saborlatino@yahoo.com, 303-477-5914.
Fiesta Colorado Dance Company
Fiesta Colorado Dance is the premier Hispanic Dance Company in Colorado. It has presented the highest quality performances of Mexican Folkloric, Flamenco and Spanish Classical Dance shown in Colorado for over 30 years. The Founder and Artistic Director is Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero. Fiesta Colorado Dance Company is a non-profit organization with a mission to present and preserve the Hispanic dance arts. Since its inception, every performance with its magnetic energy and vivacious choreography has been a demonstration of how these dances embody the richest artistic manifestations of culture and tradition. Fiesta Colorado Dance Company is the proud recipient of the 2006 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the highest award given to an arts organization in the City of Denver. Contact information: Jeanette Trujillo, fiestacolorado@comcast.net, 303-274-7844.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is an international, cross-cultural, dance-arts and educational institution rooted in African American traditions, and dedicated to excellence in providing instruction, performances and community programs, for intergenerational students, artists and audiences.
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55,000 - Patrons experience CPRD programs and performances each year.
23 - Percentage of participants who receive free services
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