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.

2009 is a celebration of  the 100th centenary of Ms Katherine Dunham, a pioneer in black and modern dance.  To celebrate this wonderful, charismatic and creative woman, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is bringing "Passionate Spirit - Katherine Dunham She Lives!" to audiences all over the United States. 

Funding assistance from the NEA and New England Foundation for the Arts makes it possible for the company to bring RAGTIME to dance audiences in the US.   

For more information about how you can bring this and any other wonderful and dynamic dance productions to your space, please click here

For information about the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, School of Dance, the AYE project, renting the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre, the Season of Schools Outreach program and the International Summer Dance Institute, please visit www.cleoparkerdance.org or contact us for more information on this wonderful ensemble.

Photo credit - Stan Obert.

CPRD Ensemble member Cedric Dewayne Hall in Njela Yatkin's "For the love of..."