Renee Robinson

Renee Robinson is an American dancer from Washington, D.C., and performs as a Principal Dancer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 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

In their 2006 season, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will celebrate Robinson's twenty-fifth year with the company; her tenure is the longest of any female dancer in the company's history.

Select Performance Pieces

(Choreographer, Title)
*Alvin Ailey, Blues Suite
*Alvin Ailey, Revelations
*Alvin Ailey, Maskela Langage
*Alvin Ailey, Cry
*Donald McKayle, Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder
*Alvin Ailey, Night Creature
*George Fasion, Suite Otis
*Ulysses Dove, Bad Blood
*Ulysses Dove, Vespers
*Ulysses Dove, Episodes
*Judith Jamison, Forgotten Time
*Billy Wilson, The Winter of Lisbon
*Judith Jamison, Hymn
*Ronald K. Brown, Grace
*Carmen de Lavallade, Sweet Bitter Love