Members of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance ensemble rehearse in the largest of the new dance studios at the CPRD Center for Hope & Healing. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide an abundance of natural light. They work on sprung floors which are made for dance, and the space is fully soundproofed.
“Something that I’ve dreamed about for years and years,” Cleo Parker Robinson told CBS News Colorado.
Parker Robinson founded the dance company in a loft space on Lawrence Street in 1970, then in 1988 moved into the Historic Shorter AME church building carving out a theater and dance studios out of the existing space. Now 55 years later, the company is expanding into a brand new facility specifically designed to house the arts…