Cleo Parker Robinson Dance revives ‘Black Orpheus’ in Denver

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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance ensemble members Corey Boatner and Caeli Blake performing Orfeu Negro. Boatner lifts Blake, who is doing the splits with her right arm overhead.
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Cleo Parker Robinson Dance ensemble members Corey Boatner and Caeli Blake performing Orfeu Negro, choreographed by Jelon Vieira. The company revived the ballet for two shows, September 14 and 15, 2024.

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Cleo Parker Robinson wears a custom hard hat during a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of her dance company's historic Shorter AME church headquarters in Five Points. May 15, 2024.

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