Robin Gee facts for kids
Robin M. Gee is an American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker. She teaches dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a professor. She also helped start the Delta Chi Xi dance group there.
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Robin Gee's Journey in Dance and Film
Robin M. Gee studied dance choreography and performance at Sarah Lawrence College. After her studies, she danced with two companies in New York: Les Ballet Bagata and Maimouna Keita Dance Company.
Leading Dance and Film Projects
Robin Gee is the director of the Greensboro Film Festival. She also leads her own African dance company, Sugarfoote Productions, which she started in 2006. Before that, she was the artistic director and choreographer for the Cinque Folkloric Dance Company in New York for fifteen years.
Teaching Dance at UNCG
At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Robin Gee is a professor of dance. She teaches different styles of dance, including African dance, Caribbean dance, and contemporary dance. She was also the first faculty advisor for Delta Chi Xi, an honorary dance group.
Special Performances and Studies
In 2011, Robin Gee performed a solo dance called Ramblin' Blues. This dance was set to music by Aretha Franklin. She performed it at the North Carolina Dance Festival in several cities. In 2013, she traveled to Burkina Faso in Africa for six months. There, she studied dance and music as a Fulbright Scholar. This means she received a special scholarship to study abroad.
Creating Dance Films
Robin Gee also creates films about dance. In 2018, she directed a dance film called Wanting. The next year, in 2019, she appeared in a dance documentary called Transmission.
Awards and Research
Robin Gee has received several important awards for her work. She earned a fellowship from the West African Research Association. This award helped her research dance in Africa. She also received the Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub Grant in 2005. This grant supported her work on documenting dance in Guinea. She also received a research fellowship from the American Association of University Women. This award helped her create The Mande Legacy, a project that documented dance using different types of media.
