Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Louise Robinson Season 1 Episode 11

Louise Robinson began dancing in her parents sunroom in Winona, MN at the age of three and has maintained a connection with dance in Minnesota ever since.  She attended St. Olaf College where she studied with Ann Wagner, Susan Bauer and Toni Sostek.  It was during college that she started learning the administrative side of dance and first got involved in an organization being formed  in the Twin Cities - MICA, aka the Minnesota Independent Choreographers’ Alliance.  In the early 80’s she managed several dance companies including Whispers of America Chamber Dance Ensemble (Margie Fargnoli, Artistic Director) the Nancy Hauser Dance Company, and the Minnesota Jazz Dance Company (Zoe Sealy, Artistic Director).  In the mid-80’s she worked for several years at the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.   And through the early 90’s she served as Program Director and Executive Director of the Minnesota Dance Alliance (previously MICA), where she led the effort to utilize Studio 6A as a dance performance venue.  More recently she was Managing Director of Ragamala Dance Company helping them navigate their emergence on the national and international scene.  She retired from Ragamala in 2017.