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.