Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Robinson, Cleo Parker
2. Crowe, Larry F.
3. Gines, Denise
4. Stearns, Scott
5. Hickey, Matthew
6. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1. 1 online resource (7 video files (3 hr., 28 min., 6 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

1. 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.

Alternative title

1. History Makers video oral history with Cleo Parker Robinson
2. Cleo Parker Robinson

Subject

1. Robinson, Cleo Parker > Interviews
2. Robinson, Cleo Parker
3. African Americans > Interviews
4. African Americans
5. Artistic Director Choreographer Dancer

Genre/Form

1. Internet videos.
2. Interviews.
3. Nonfiction films.
4. Oral histories.

Credits (note)

1. Videographer, Scott Stearns.
2. Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Title

1. The HistoryMakers video oral history with Cleo Parker Robinson.

Publisher

1. Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of producing entity

1. United States naf

Playing time

1. 032806

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. computer

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. video file

Performer

1. Larry Crowe, interviewer.
2. Denise Gines, interviewer.

Credits

1. Videographer, Scott Stearns.
2. Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

1. Recorded Denver, Colorado 2002 June 21.
2. Recorded Denver, Colorado 2008 November 4.

Source of description

1. Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed term

1. Artistic Director Choreographer Dancer.

Added author

1. Robinson, Cleo Parker, interviewee.
2. Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
3. Gines, Denise, interviewer.
4. Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
5. Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
6. HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.