Name: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance with NOJO - Sacred Spaces?
Start: 2025-02-01T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-01T22:00:00-06:00
Location: New Orleans Jazz Market

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance with NOJO - Sacred Spaces?

Sacred Spaces? shares the pain of loss when three Black churches were burned and the effects this had on their communities.
About this Event

Sacred Spaces? encompasses the collaboration between Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD), the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), and presenting partner, Performing Arts Serving Acadiana (PASA). The work is inspired by the depths of spirit and faith that help us collectively overcome adversity, with the concept developing in the aftermath of the arson fires that destroyed three Black churches in Opelousas, Louisiana: Mount Pleasant, St. Mary Missionary, and Greater Union Baptist, on March 27, April 2, and April 4, 2019.

The choreography of Cleo Parker Robinson, paired with the original musical score by NOJO Artistic Director, Adonis Rose, leads the story and movement through a journey of fear and resilience, rebuilding, and celebration.