Robert Kitsos

BIOGRAPHIE

Dance artist Rob Kitsos lives and works on the unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səlí̓lwətaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθkwəyə̓ m (Musqueam) First Nations. He has performed across the United States, Lisbon, Barcelona, Paris, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Venezuela and Hong Kong. As a choreographer, Rob has created over 100 original works, many of which include collaborations with artists from a range of disciplines. He has studied movement theatre in New York and Ecole Jacques Lacoq, performed as a drummer in a rock band in New York City and worked with many dance companies and artists internationally. In addition to making new work, Rob has been teaching dance in universities for twenty-five years including Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Washington, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Simon Fraser University. He teaches contemporary dance, composition, repertory, dance aesthetics, improvisation in performance and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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