Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

The legendary troupe Cleo Parker Robinson Dance opens the program with a palette of stirring

modern dance. When the curtain rises on the second half of the program, the dancers join the

prestigious New Orleans Jazz Orchestra for a breathtaking performance of “Sacred Spaces,” inspired

by the burning of three Black Churches in St. Landry Parish and the reconciliation and redemption of

the congregations that followed.

This powerful night of modern dance and exquisite jazz, originally envisioned by PASA Executive

Director Jackie Lyle, whose idea was enthusiastically taken up by these two ensembles. Sacred

Spaces, which has now toured, combines dance, live music, and the spoken word, with a backdrop

of the photography of acclaimed Louisianian Debbie Fleming Caffery.

Cleo Parker Robinson is one of the most important women in dance and Adonis Rose, artistic

director of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, is making tracks around the globe. Robinson and Rose

collaborated on every phase of this inspiring work.