Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Addition Debuts to Denver’s Arts and Healing Community
Building on its 55-year legacy, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Center for the Healing Arts has unveiled a thoughtfully designed Creative Campus expansion in Denver, Colorado that elevates how dance, community and healing come together. The new facility features purpose-built dance studios, a flexible theater and modern community spaces designed to foster creativity, collaboration, healing and education in arts and wellness.
“The Cleo Parker Robinson Center for Healing Arts will serve as the cultural heartbeat for Denver entertainment. Our vision was to design a space where dance and performance connect neighborhoods, generations and ideas. Cleo’s work in the community and educating children inspired us to create a place that invites collaboration and learning and celebrates diversity. The new Cleo Parker Robinson Center for Healing Arts will build community through dance and education and ensure that creativity and the arts continue to have a positive impact on our community,” said Curt Fentress, Senior Principal and Head of Fentress Studios, a Populous Company.
On Saturday, January 17th, an official ribbon cutting ceremony took place for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. The newly expanded facility, designed by Fentress Studios, a Populous Company, and built by Mortenson, is fully operational and ready to serve its mission.
“The brilliant architectural design of Fentress Studios, a Populous Company, and choreography of our Mortenson contracting team transformed a vision into four new dance studios, a flex-space theatre with state-of-the-art technology, a sunlit lobby and café, and modern administrative spaces for us to expand our Academy, develop additional Arts-In-Education and Arts-In-Wellness programming. We invite the community to utilize our spaces, to incubate ideas, and elevate the creativity of Denver to an even higher level, benefitting us all,” said Malik Robinson, President and CEO at Cleo Parker Robinson.
The project’s architectural vision emphasizes community connection, cultural celebration and inclusivity—blending historic and contemporary design to create a vibrant cultural hub in Denver. Leaders and partners alike highlight the center’s role as a unifying force for dance, education and community engagement, inviting everyone to participate and elevate Denver’s creative spirit.
