Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Cleo Parker Robinson
Cleo Parker Robinson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Robinson, Cleo Parker, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Recorded Denver, Colorado 2002 June 21.
Recorded Denver, Colorado 2008 November 4.
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| Summary: | Dancer and artistic director Cleo Parker Robinson was born on July 17, 1948 in Denver, Colorado, growing up in Denver's Five Points black community. Robinson graduated from the Colorado Women's College with a specialty in dance, education and psychology. She went on to study with the legendary dancer and humanitarian Katherine Dunham. In 1970, she founded her own company with the mission to foster appreciation, access and new audiences for dance. Her program, Project Self-Discovery, provided the arts to at-risk Denver youth as an alternative to gang activity and substance abuse. The executive artistic director and choreographer of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Robinson has collaborated with many people over the years on diverse projects, from operas such as Aida and Carmen to commissions with mentor Maya Angelou. She served as first vice president of the International Association of Blacks in Dance and as a trustee of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
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