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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Presents Rituals

The 40th Anniversary Fall Performance Series Begins with Rituals

TWO WEEKENDS ONLY - featuring Katherine Dunham's riveting "Rites de Passage" - not seen in the US in over thirty years!!

LOCATION:
TO BE HELD AT THE CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE THEATRE
Historic Shorter AME Building at 119 Park Avenue West

DATES:
FRIDAYS, SEPT. 17 & 24 at 7:30 pm
SATURDAYS, SEPT. 18 & 25 at 7:30 pm
SUNDAYS, SEPT. 19 & 26 at 2:00 pm

Get Tickets at cleoparkerdance.org or call 303.295.1759 x13

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Cleo Parker Robinson Presents

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.

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.