Robert Moses, Artistic Director of Robert Moses' Kin

Since founding Robert Moses' Kin in 1995 in San Francisco, choreographer Robert Moses has created numerous works of varying styles and genres for his highly praised dance company. His work explores topics ranging from oral traditions in African American culture, the dark side of contemporary urban culture, the nuanced complexities of parentage and identity, to the simple joys of the expressive power of pure movement.  In addition to his work with Robert Moses’ Kin, Moses has choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, San Francisco Opera (La Forza del Destino, 2005), Philadanco, Cincinnati Ballet, Eco Arts, Transitions Dance Company of the Laban Center in London, African Cultural Exchange (UK), Bare Bones (UK), Oakland Ballet, Moving People Dance, and Robert Henry Johnson Dance Company, among others. He has choreographed for film, theater and opera, with major productions for the Lorraine Hansberry Theater, New Conservatory Theater, Los Angeles Prime Moves Festival (L.A.C.E.), and Olympic Arts Festival. An alumnus of California State University Long Beach and a highly regarded master teacher, Moses has taught on campuses and at festivals throughout the United States and internationally, including Bates Dance Festival, Colorado Dance Festival, International Festival of Contemporary Dance "Espuma Cuanatica" (Ensanada, Mexico), International Dance Festival, "Crossing Bodies" (Tijuana, Mexico), OPEN LOOK St. Petersburg International Dance Festival, Serendipity Arts Festival (Kolkata, India), Goucher College, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of Texas, Stockton University, and University of Nevada.  In 2005, Moses was named Choreographer-in-Residence and Artistic Director of the Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University, where he was on the dance faculty from 1995-2016. Moses was a professor of practice at Santa Clara University from 2018-2019 and is currently the Melody and Mark Teppola Presidential Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Dance and Theater studies at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Transcripts of this episode are available at odc.dance/stories

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