Robin Gee
Professor of African, Contemporary Technique, Choreography
School of Dance
Email Address: rmgee@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.3601
Education
MFA in Choreography and Performance, Sarah Lawrence College
Biography
Robin Gee is a Professor of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), where she specializes in African and modern dance techniques, digital media, and screen dance technologies. She holds an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Sarah Lawrence College.
Ms. Gee has performed with several prominent New York-based dance companies, including Les Ballet Bagata, under the direction of Youssouf Koumbassa, former principal dancer with Ballets Africains de Guinée, and Marie Basse Wiles’ Maimouna Keita Dance Company, with whom she toured extensively across the United States and Africa.
Ms. Gee is also the founder of Sugarfoote Productions, a multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to promoting African and African Diasporan cultural traditions through performance, education, and community engagement. Sugarfoote also co-produces the Greensboro Dance Film Festival, a boutique international event showcasing dance films from around the world.
Her own dance films have been featured in over 37 film festivals globally, reflecting her commitment to blending traditional movement with contemporary media.
Subjects Taught
- First Year Foundations
- Screendance
- Media and Digital Technologies
- West African Techniques (all levels)
- Modern Techniques (all levels)
- Graduate Choreography
- Graduate Seminar
Scholarly Creative/Research Activity
Her research and creative work have earned her numerous prestigious awards, including:
- Regular Faculty Research Grant – (2025/2019/2012)
- Dean’s Research Initiative Grant – (2020 – 2018)
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Grant (2025/2023)
- Community Arts Collaborative Fund (2023)
- The West African Research Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship for African Research
- The American Association of University Women Post-Doctoral Research Award for The Mande Legacy (2006–2007)
- Fulbright Scholars Award for research in Burkina Faso (2013).
She has also served as a Fulbright Specialist, collaborating with the Ministry of Education in Cabo Verde, West Africa (2021)