Choreography Fellowship Program | Program Director
August 18 – August 28
Choreographer, Writer, and Composer Robert Moses has created over 100 works of varying styles and genres for his highly praised dance company. Since 2008, he has also composed many of the sound and narrative scores for his works. Moses has choreographed for dance, opera, and theater companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Francisco Opera, Olympic Arts Festival, Ailey II, Philadanco!, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, Cincinnati Ballet, Eco Arts, Transitions Dance Company of the Laban Center in London, African Cultural Exchange (UK), Bare Bones (UK), Oakland Ballet, New Conservatory Theater, Los Angeles Prime Moves Festival (L.A.C.E.), Moving People Dance, and Robert Henry Johnson Dance Company, among others. He has taught on college campuses throughout the country including UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Cal State Long Beach, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Goucher College, University of Texas, Stockton University, University of Nevada, and the University of South Florida.
Moses’ work explores topics ranging from oral traditions in African American culture, contemporary urban culture, and the complexities of identity, to the simple joys and expressive power of pure movement. Moses has worked collaboratively with numerous artists and organizations and among them are Terence Marling, Latanya D. Tigner, Julia Adam, Margaret Jenkins, Alonzo King, Sara Shelton Mann, Joanna Haigood, Carl Hancock Rux, SoVoSo, Marcus Shelby, Keith Terry, Frank Boehm, Will Power, Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble, Bill Morrison, Ann Galjour, David Worm, Kid Beyond, and Youth Speaks.
A highly sought after teacher, Moses has taught nationally and internationally, including at the International Festival of Contemporary Dance (Ensenada, Mexico), International Dance Festival “Crossing Bodies” (Tijuana, Mexico), OPEN LOOK St. Petersburg International Dance Festival, and Serendipity Arts Festival (Kolkata, India). Moses has been a returning guest artist at the Northwest Dance Project and a mentor with Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange (CHIME). He conducted movement and performance workshops internationally for artists of African descent with State of Emergency Limited in the United Kingdom.
In 2005, Moses was named Stanford University Choreographer-in-Residence and the Artistic Director of the Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University, where he remained until 2016. He was a Professor of Practice at Santa Clara University from 2018-2019, the Melody and Mark Teppola Presidential Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Dance and Theater Studies at Mills College in Oakland, CA, from 2019-2022, and is currently a Distinguished Artist in Residence and Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco.
Moses has received generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Ford Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation, which has enabled him to pursue his artistic vision and make a lasting impact on the field of dance.
With a strong commitment to social justice and artistic excellence, Robert Moses continues to make significant contributions to the field of dance and beyond.
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