Mile High Dance Festival

Saturday June 19th

Benedict Fountain Park

We hope you’ll bring your blankets and join us on Saturday, July 27th for this free outdoor celebration of DANCE in Denver!

Are you a Denver-Based Dance Company that would like to perform in the Mile High Dance Festival?

email: victoria@cleoparkerdance.org to find out how you can be apart of the festival.

We are currently accepting registrations for our International Summer Dance Institute!

 

Training Track

Training Track is a structured and customized dance track for CPRD Academy students who want to further/fast track their training. Students are placed on a specific class track after evaluation through placement classes.

Students will commit to a required number of classes per week based on their level and learn to advocate for their own success by setting and tracking goals with support from a staff member.

Dedicated members of Training Track have the opportunity to audition for one of our Youth Ensembles. Both the Youth Ensemble and Junior Youth Ensemble perform all over the Front Range in the Mile High Dance Festival, DWTDS Gala, Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum, and for community partners and schools.

Junior Youth Ensemble (Ages 8-13)

Youth Ensemble (Ages 13-19)

 

Scholarship Portal

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Academy’s policy is designed to promote students’ disciplined study of dance. Scholarships are awarded to students based on financial need, dedication to the program and availability. The financial aspect of this process will be modeled off of the Denver Office of Economic Development’s 2021 Income Limits.

All students who wish to receive a scholarship award must do the following:

  • Complete online application
  • Bring Proof of Household Income within 2 weeks of application acceptance.

Please allow 2 weeks to process applications.

CPRD/MSUD Dance Major

The MSU Denver Dance major is unique in its versatility and in its partnership with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD). CPRD is recognized worldwide for their dynamic cross-cultural curriculum, community engagement, innovative choreography, and promotion of American dance heritage. In this exciting program, CPRD’s mission of social transformation through dance and MSU Denver’s academic rigor and focus on real-world experience converge.

The dance curriculum includes coursework in modern, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, tap, world dance forms, world dance history and culture, community-based dance practices, somatics and anatomy, pedagogy, improvisation, choreography, contemporary dance and interdisciplinary performance, movement analysis, dance production, and arts administration. The Dance Program allows students to combine their interest in dance with other fields, taking classes in non-profit management, teaching or arts administration, among others. The program will utilize service learning, field experience, and internship programs to enrich students’ learning and to foster a connection between MSU and its student body and the Denver community. We aim to prepare students for their future in dance and beyond, supporting their specific career and educational goals through concrete learning experiences and creative exploration.

CPRD Academy is Hiring Teaching Artists!

Teaching Artists

 

Youth Ensemble Director

Junior Youth Ensemble Director

Academy Entrance

Construction activities are well underway for the Cleo Parker Robinson Center for the Healing Arts.

This map indicates, in BLUE, how to walk around and into our facility during construction.

Frequently Asked Questions

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