Roberta Wong
Ballet & Modern Faculty, Dance for Parkison’s
Roberta Wong is an American dance teacher and choreographer based in Indianapolis, IN. Training has included San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Mark Morris summer programs, FACT/SF dance lab, Limon Europe at ArtEz, Hubbard Street Dance Company Adaptive Dance, Dance For Parkinsons.
Performing has included Boston Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Dance Kaleidoscope, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra "Yuletide Celebration," Dance Kaleidoscope "Shall We Dance?"
Teaching has included Anderson, Butler and Indiana Universities, American College Dance Association, Dance West Virginia Fall Festival, Mid-states Regional Dance Festival.
Choreography presented at Anderson University's internationally-broadcast "Candles and Carols," Harvest Chicago Dance Festival, Indianapolis Ballet "New Works," Indy Convergence, Fonseca Theatre Company "Miss You Like Hell" (Quiara Alegria Hudes).
Founding teacher of Dance For Parkinsons Bloomington and Indianapolis Ballet programs, inaugural cohort Indiana Arts Commission's Lifelong Arts program, designing the original program "Ballet.Connected." which engages seated and standing participants age 55+ in the joys of dance.
Recipient of Creative Renewal fellowships from the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Individual Artist grants from the Indiana Arts Commission.
B.S. Biology (Butler University).
Featured in Indianapolis Woman Magazine (1999).
She thanks David Hochoy for his incredible mentorship and dance students past and present for teaching her something new every day.