Robert Anderson

United Kingdom

Robert Anderson is an independent dance artist based in London. He teaches improvisation and contact improvisation at Rose Bruford College and in a variety of settings in the UK and abroad. Robert has been passionately involved with contact improvisation since 1996 studying with leading teachers from the US and Europe (including Kirsty Simson, Nancy Stark Smith, Martin Keogh, Ray Chung, Andrew Harwood). Since 2001 Robert has been teaching and facilitating contact improvisation classes, jams and workshops in London. Robert has taught at international contact festivals in Germany, Israel, Poland, Russia and Italy and participated in co-teaching gatherings in Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Scotland and Austria. He has performed in work by Jia-Yu Cortes, Joe Moran, Adriana Pegorer, Kate Brown, Tino Seghal, Jovair Longo, Meghan Flannigan, Magdalena Radlowska, Lalitaraja and Sarah Shorten. He is currently performing with Touchdown Dance and with improvisation ensemble SoFt.