“I feel Roberta offers something very special and original.”
Roberta Jean is a critically acclaimed choreographer. She works collaboratively with artists and makers from across disciplines to produce dances for a diverse range of contexts. Her choreography is centred around poetics and is often underpinned by anthropological research.
She is a 2020 winner of the Bonnie Bird Choreographic Development Award, a 2019 finalist at Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Screen.dance and New Renaissance Film Festival. She is a 2018 finalist for the Total Theatre & The Place Dance Award. Roberta has been artist in residence at Critical Path Laboratory in Sydney, Australia, Dance Limerick in Ireland, Dance City in Newcastle, Dance Base in Edinburgh, Dance4 in Nottingham and Dartington in Devon. She has presented her work as part of the Made In Scotland Showcase, at British Dance Edition, Sadler’s Wells, Tanzmesse, Dance Umbrella, Nottdance, Greenwich Dance Agency and Tramway Glasgow amongst others.
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