Community Outreach

AYE PROGRAMS
AYE is a 26-week cultural enrichment/academic collaborative program between CPRD and the Math Literacy Project that offers workshops for inner city youth. The AYE project is designed to develop a strong sense of self-awareness and community consciousness within each individual participant. The program provides culturally competent artistic enrichment activities, leadership development workshops as well as math and science workshops. In 2000, CPRD received the Coming Up Taller Award by the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities for after-school programming.

SEASON OF SCHOOLS
Since 1970, the Season of Schools Performance Series has touched well over half a million residents in the greater Denver area by means of the school system.

This program is part of an on-going effort to incorporate the arts into the established curriculum of the public schools. Through performance and workshop techniques, the Ensemble involves students in the magic of the modern dance experience.

Cleo Parker Robinson and her Ensemble believe in the importance of dance and education. The Season of Schools offers students of all ages the opportunity to learn about the many languages of dance, such as ballet, modern, tap, african, and jazz. Demonstrating lifts and leaps, the dancers leave the students in awe, while at the same time demonstrating the important qualities of trust, tolerance and interdependence that we all must develop in life. All this is followed by a small performance from the company repertoire. During the 45 minutes program the students will not only learn by watching but will also have the opportunity to join the Ensemble in dance!

For more information on how to bring the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble into your school for an interactive program of dance and fun call (303) 295-1759 ext. 14 or e-mail the CPRD at cleodanceedu@aol.com.

Mission

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.