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TEACHING

1998 - present : : : Artist in Residence, Create mosaic installations with students ranging in age from 5-18. Rhinebeck High School, Middle School, and Elementary School, Titusville Elementary School, Astor School, Van Wyck High School.
1994 - present : : : After-School Teacher, Mask Myth, Movement Workshop and Mosaic Workshop. Schools include: Rhinebeck Elementary, Red Hook Mill Road, and Home Schoolers Association of Ulster County.
1993 - present : : : Instructor, Artist in Action, Buckley Middle School, Rhinebeck, NY.
1979 - present : : : Director and Dance Teacher, Roberta Andersen Dance School: A dance school for children and adults, specializing in Modern Dance, Tap, African and Flamenco. Each dance season generally culminates in a thematic performance featuring costumes and sets designed by me in collaboration with my students.
2000 : : : Teacher, Movement for Acting, Winter Session and Summer Camp. Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center.
1998 : : : Artist in Residence, Maypole and Dance Workshop, Red Hook Mill Road School.
1993 - 1999 : : : Dance Director and Art Teacher, Omni Camp, Poland Springs, ME.
1992 : : : Dance Instructor, Techniques and Principals of Modern Dance, Bard College Continuing Studies.
1987 : : : Dance Instructor, Black Mountain College Day, Red Hook Mill Road. Let The River Connect Us, Rhinebeck Elementary School.


PUBLIC MOSAIC MURALS

2007 : : : Sun & Moon, Van Wyck High School. 9' with 250 middle and high school students.
2007 : : : Subway Stairwell, Astor School. Stairwell with 25 Astor students.
2007 : : : The Griffin, Van Wyck High School. 9' with 250 middle and high school students.
2005 : : : Tolerance, Rhinebeck Middle School. 50' with 200 middle school students.
2004 : : : Animal Life, Titusville Central School. 40' with 200 elementary school students.
2004 : : : Hudson Valley View, Rhinebeck High School. 15' with 200 high school students.
2004 : : : The Pillars, Rhinebeck High School. 150 high school students.
2001 : : : Pond Life, Rhinebeck Elementary School. 15' with 3rd graders.
2001 : : : Crane Over Pond, Astor School. 15' with ages 9-13.
1998 : : : Earth & Science, aka The Wall, Rhinebeck High School. 200' with 120 high school students.

CHOREOGRAPHY

1982 - present : : : Anything Goes, Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Kismet, The Boyfriend, Bye Bye Birdie, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, Charlotte's Web, Narnia, Oliver, 42nd Street, By Jupiter, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Pajama Game, Crazy for You, Louisiana Purchase, On Your Toes, Once Upon A Mattress, Good News, Sugar, Grease, Kiss Me Kate, and Footloose. Musicals at Rhinebeck High School.
1998 - present : : : Anything Goes, On the Town, Mack and Mable. Rhinebeck Unplugged Student Theater.
2001 - 2003 : : : Sadness Overcame Her, Quietly She Rises and Falls. Hudson Valley Modern Dance Choreographers Concert.
2000 : : : The Tempest. Young Will Inc.
2000 : : : Sugar. Rhinebeck Theater Society.
2000 : : : A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine. Rhinebeck Theater Society.
1996 : : : Mother's Dance, Dance of the Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center.
1994 : : : Dragon Dance Puppet Theater. Woodstock Festival.
1989 - 1991 : : : The Annandale Troupe, Shakespeare Summer Camp. Choreographer and Dance Director.


PERFORMANCES AND DIRECTION

1994 - present : : : Snake Charmer. Village Halloween Parade, NYC.
1990 - 1996 : : : Dancer. Flamenco en Tour, Bard College.
1998 : : : God. Brave X-Mass, Bard College.
1993 : : : Baile Del Candil. Director and dancer, Tivoli Artist Co-op.
1992 : : : AIDS Benefit. Director and performer, Workers and Dreamers Theater.


ART EXHIBITIONS

1997 - present : : : Mosaic, masks, paintings, painted furniture. Luminari, Rhinebeck, NY.
1997 - present : : : Mosaic, masks, paintings, painted furniture. Gallery of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
1992 - present : : : Mosaic, masks, paintings, painted furniture. Curator & Artist. Tivoli Artist's Co-op, Tivoli, NY.
1997 - 1999 : : : Mosaics, masks. Kendall Art Gallery, Hudson, NY.
1994 - 1995 : : : Pastels. The Loft, Kingston, NY.


EDUCATION

Aikido, Woodstock, NY : : : African Dance with Durga Burnheart, Woodstock and Faeritas, NYC : : : Flamenco with Aileen Pasloff, Mariquita Flores and Fasils Flamenco School, NYC : : : Eurhythme with Sabina Nordoff : : : Bard College Dance Major studied with Cunningham, Limon, James Warring and Nickoli Techniques : : : American University Summer Intensive with Eric Hawkins and Laura Dean : : : Paul Taylor Technique at Dutchess Community College : : : Dance Educators of America in NYC : : : Adele Melt Dance Studios in Hudson, NY

CONTACT INFO

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