Artist Talk with Renee Robinson
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 17, 2014
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Location
Hollins University
Website
Description
Artist Talk with Renee Robinson, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119, Hollins University, www.hollins.edu
Renee Robinson is an American dancer from Washington, D.C. She began her dance training in classical ballet at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet. She also attended the School of American Ballet, the Dance Theater of Harlem, and The Ailey School. Robinson was a member of the Alvin Ailey II before becoming a member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1981. She has worked with many renowned choreographers, such as Alvin Ailey, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Judith Jamison, Ulysses Dove, Jerome Robbins, Bill T. Jones, Garth Fagan, Katherine Dunham, Hans van Manen and Carmen de Lavallade. Robinson has also performed at the televised Kennedy Center Awards. Other televised appearances include performing at President Clinton’s first inauguration, American Express advertisements, the Bill Cosby Special on Alvin Ailey and on the PBS special “A Hymm for Alvin Ailey”. In 2003, she performed at the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki. Robinson completed her M.F.A. in dance at Hollins in 2012, and was the longest-tenured female dancer – 31 years – with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.