Robin Dekkers (co-director) is dedicated to inspiring artists and audiences with their passion for movement and collaboration. Named “25 To Watch” by DANCE Magazine and celebrated for their direction of multi-disciplinary works that are “inventive, focused, sophisticated, and anything but risk averse” by SF Chronicle, Dekkers is also Artistic Director of Berkeley Ballet Theater, the official school of Post:ballet.
Dekkers danced professionally with Ballet Arizona, ODC/Dance, Company C Contemporary Ballet, and Diablo Ballet, where they were nominated for an Isadora Duncan Award for “Outstanding Performance– Individual” in 2013. They danced leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, José Límon, KT Nelson, Val Caniparoli, Lar Lubovitch, Jodie Gates, Trey McIntyre, Dominic Walsh, Julia Adam, and Paul Taylor. Dekkers’ choreography has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow, SF International Arts Festival, Tanzsommer Festival, Ballet Builders Showcase, Against the Grain Festival, and WestWave Dance Festival. Commissions include SF Dance Film Festival, AXIS Dance Company, Kansas City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, sjDANCEco, Smuin Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet (with co-choreographer Vanessa Thiessen), and Diablo Ballet, where they were resident choreographer from 2013-2018. They are currently Director of Choreography for Art Haus, a performance collective that has presented large-scale collaborations in Black Rock City including Dekkers’ Firebird, Rite of Spring, Noble Beast, and We, Human.
Dekkers co-choreographed the season-finale dance scene for Starz Network’s ‘Blindspotting’ with Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, performing in the scene together with these artists and several Post:ballet dancers. Dekkers has created new works for the dance departments at Stanford University, Southern Methodist University, San Jose State University, and Virginia Commonwealth University, and regularly teaches company classes for AXIS Dance Company, Smuin Ballet, LINES Ballet, and ODC/Dance. Dekkers also holds a degree in business from Rio Salado College.