CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE
THE GORDON CENTER | BALTIMORE, MD
Cleo Parker Robinson | Founder and Artistic Director
Winifred R. Harris | Associate Artistic Director
Ensemble | Michael Battle | Caeli Blake | Adrian Dominguez | Jasmine Francisco | Corey Jamel | Devrae Jefferson
Gabriela Maduro | Max Nelson-Steinhoff* | Lamar D Rogers | Lauren Slaughter | Nasira Watson*
*Apprentice to the Ensemble
FOR
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ALWAYS Cleo Parker Robinson Dance World Premiere 2025
This piece was born from silence Each movement reflects a quiet conversation I've had with grief, hope, and healing - a return to my roots, a grounding sense of self It celebrates a love that feels timeless, deep, and often effortless - not perfect, but profoundly right Inspired by the divine, spiritual love shared between Cleo and Tom Robinson I invite the audience to witness, to feel, and to find your own reflections in the stillness between the steps Lisa Johnson-Willingham
Choreographer Lisa Johnson-Willingham
Music and Spoken Word Roberta Flack, Jon Baptiste, Tom Robinson
Lighting Design Anastazia Coney
Dancers Corey Jamel, Lauren Slaughter
Choreographer | Lisa Johnson-Willingham
Music and Spoken Word | Roberta Flack, Jon Baptiste, Tom Robinson
Lighting Design | Anastazia Coney
Dancers | Corey Jamel, Lauren Slaughter
The MOVE/ment World Premiere 2019
This incredible opportunity brings together a diversity of dancers, in both culture and g powerful times in our community and the world The arts have always been a powerful My challenge, as the choreographer, has been to awaken my personal memories of the ways for the dancers to develop their own voices, in recognition of social change that is performed In Montgomery, AL in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Dr King’s “We have no other choice but to keep moving with determination We’ve gone too far with non-violence” Cleo Parker Robinson
Choreographer | Cleo Parker Robinson
Original Lighting Design | Lloyd Sobel
LightingAdaptations | Anastazia Coney
Costume Designers | Shirin Lankarani (Colorado Ballet), Alex J Gordon
Vocals and Spoken Word | Cleo Parker Robinson and the Ensemble
I TURBULENTTIMES
Music | “Tears forJohannesburg” Max Roach
Dancers | Students of the Towson University Dance Department: Addison Adams, Sarah Dickey, Twine Drake, Marielle Emmanuel, Amaya Hill, L Jenna Magness, Tamia Marsh, Mathias Montalban, Shivani Mutreja, Grayson W
II AIN’TGONNALETNOBODYTURN ME ‘ROUND
Music | “Wade in the Water”, “Ain’t Gonna Let NobodyTurn Me “Round”
Dancers | The Ensemble
III FATHERTO SON:ACHANGE IS GONNACOME
Music | “A Change Is Gonna Come” Brian Owens, Thomas Owens
The Father | Lamar D Rogers
The Son | DJ Jefferson
The Men | Michael Battle, Adrian Dominguez, CoreyJamel
IV HEALING WATERS
Music | “By the Waters of Babylon” Bettye Miller and Milt Abel
Dancers | Students of the Towson University Dance Department: Addison Adams, Sarah Dickey, Twine Drake, Marielle Emmanuel, Amaya Hill, Lea Johns, Jenna Magness, Tamia Marsh Mathias Montalban, Shivani Mutreja, Grayson Wozniak
V
WE RISE
Music | “We Rise” Groove Junkies, Opolopo & Solara
Dancers | The Ensemble
VI DREAM THE DREAM
Music | “I Dream a Dream” Aretha Franklin Solo | Caeli Blake
The Women | Tori Carter, Jasmine Francisco, Gabriela Maduro, Lauren Slaughter
The Men | Michael Battle, Adrian Dominguez, Corey Jamel, DJ Jefferson, Lamar D Rogers
…the way, I AM on. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance World Premiere, May 2025
This work shares the story of (H)ope working, knowing, and ever reaching for clarity The path, narrow and correct, will lead way to understanding, where and how my Help meets me. Hope Boykin
Choreographer | Hope Boykin
Music | Ali Jackson, Bill Laurance
Lighting Design | Anasztazia Coney
Costume Concept and Construction | Caeli Blake, DeBorah Powell
Dancers | Caeli Blake, Jasmine Francisco, Corey Jamel, Lamar D Rogers, Lauren Slaughter
ESCAPADES
WorldPremier1993
“Escapades”wascreatedbyAlvinAileyfortheAterballeto-CentroRegionaleDellaDanzaofItalyin1983,settoascorebyjazz legendsMaxRoachandBennyGolson ThislegacyworkispresentedbyarrangementwiththeAlvinAileyDanceFoundation
Choreographer|AlvinAiley
Repetiteur|ChristopherL Huggins Music|MaxRoachandBennyGolson
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