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CBS News
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Denver's Cleo Parker Robinson Dance celebrates women with Legacy concert
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is offering a Mother's Day treat for Denver audiences. The dance company is performing its spring concert called Unstoppable Legacy. The program is a celebration of women. CBS It features a new work by award winning dancer/choreographer Hope Boykin. She recently spent some time in Denver to put the final touches on the piece which will be come part of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance repertory. "It is a combination of everything she's ever experienced in her work, as a choreographer, as a motivator, as an extraordinary, strong woman," said Cleo Parker Robinson, Founder & Artistic Director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. The Unstoppable Legacy concert will also include a new piece by Associate Artistic Director Winifred Harris called Internal Landscapes. Parker Robinson is reconstructing Mary Lou's Mass, a piece she originally choreographed 20-years ago. "This concert really has a little of the past... a little we've been so we have Katherine Dunam's excerpt from Southland, so we have that excellent work that she did that's never been shown in our country," Parker Robinson explained. CBS Unstoppable Legacy is four incredible pieces that are created by women and explore the emotions, relationships and achievements of women. "We're honoring women, and all the work that women do, and have done, and will do," Parker Robinson said with a laugh. LINK: For Tickets & Information about Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's Unstoppable Legacy Unstoppable Legacy runs Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11, 2025, at the CPRD Theater.
Boston Globe
07-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Jacob's Pillow announces Henry J. Leir Outdoor Stage 2025 festival lineup
This season's Leir Stage outdoor programming will feature numerous genres and themes, including Afro-Caribbean, jazz, contemporary, Indigenous, West African, and ballet, performed by more than 20 artists and organizations, as well as ensembles from The School at Jacob's Pillow. Performances will take place weekly, Wednesdays through Saturdays, starting at 5:30 p.m. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Related : Prehistoric Body Theater, an Indonesian experimental art-science theater collective, is set to open the festival's first week on the Leir Stage June 25 and 26. Subsequent performing artists include Indigenous Enterprise, a dynamic intertribal dance troupe who have performed at the Super Bowl and the Sydney Opera House; Red Clay Dance Company, an Afro-Contemporary dance group based in Chicago; H.T. Chen & Dancers, a modern dance company rooted in Asian-American expression; and Hālau Pua Ali'i 'Ilima o Nūioka, a Hula school and company based in New York and Honolulu. HopeBoykinDance group will be the final performer on the Leir Stage this summer, featuring performing choreographer Hope Boykin's blend of 'compelling collaboration of contemporary-modern movement, spoken word, and storytelling,' according to a press release. Related : The festival's full nine-week schedule — including full lineups for the Ted Shawn Theatre and Tickets for select multi-night performances are $35. One-night and select multi-night performances are 'Choose What You Pay,' with a suggested price of $25. Tickets became available for pre-sale for members on March 3; general public tickets will be available on April 10 Advertisement Haley Clough can be reached at
