Robert Moses Kin

Specialties

Robert Moses’ Kin is a nationally renowned dance company, recognized for its artistic excellence and choreographic innovation.

History

Established in 1995.

Robert Moses’ Kin presents an annual home season in San Francisco, premiering several new works every year with a repertory of over 70 works that range from neoclassical ballet to postmodern movement theatre.

Robert Moses’ Kin has toured to universities, colleges, and festivals throughout the U.S., including Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, Colorado Dance Festival, Dance Center at Columbia College, University of Nevada, University of Texas, Orange Coast College, Dance Umbrella, Stanford University, ProArts Collective, the Maine Festival, and New York’s City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival. Robert Moses’ Kin regularly participates in residencies and offers master classes and lecture-​demonstrations while on tour.

The company’s work has earned a host of awards, including four Bay Area Isadora Duncan Awards (IZZIES), a Bay Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Award in Dance (Goldie); and a San Francisco Weekly Black Box Award for Choreography.

Meet the Business Owner

Robert M.

Business Owner

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.

In addition to his work with Robert Moses’ Kin, Moses was named Choreographer-​in-​Residence and Artistic Director of the Committee on Black Performing Arts at Stanford University, where he has been on the dance faculty since 1995. An alumni 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 has worked collaboratively with numerous artists and organizations, among them Julia Adam, Margaret Jenkins, Alonzo King, Sara Shelton Mann, Joanna Haigood, SoVoSo, Marcus Shelby, Keith Terry, Frank Boehm, Will Power, Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble, Bill Morrison, Ann Galjour, David Worm, Kid Beyond and Youth Speaks. Since 2008 Moses has composed original scores for several of his dances.