10 Sep Robert Gosnell
Robert Gosnell began his training with the High Point Ballet (RDA/SE) in his home state of North Carolina, where he also continued to study at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts from 1993-1998. In addition, Robert has expanded his dance studies with The School of American Ballet and The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. He began his dance career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Atlanta Ballet. Robert then joined the Nashville Ballet in 1999, where he danced until 2007. Robert was featured in ballets by David Allan, Salvatore Aiello, Sir Frederick Ashton, Winthrop Corey and Paul Vasterling.
Robert has additionally performed with several regional companies such as Atlanta Dance Theatre, where he also served as an Associate Director/Resident from 2010-13, Roswell Dance Theatre, and High Point Ballet. He has also has served as the Youth Cast Rehearsal Master for Nashville Ballet’s The Nutcracker. From 2004-2006, Robert participated in the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine, California, where he worked with Val Canaparoli, Anne Marie DeAngelo, Gina Patterson, Peter Pucci, Luca Vegetti and Molly Lynch. He was also a featured artist at the 2004 and 2008 Southeastern Regional Ballet Association’s annual festival.
In the summers of 2007 and 2008, Robert had the honor to return to UNC School of the Arts, along with other alumni, to be a part of UNC School of the Arts performance series in Manteo, NC. In the summer of 2009, he had the opportunity to perform in Arezzo, Italy with Amaranth Contemporary Dance based in Richmond, VA. Robert now is working more on his choreography. His work has been shown at Denver School of the Arts, RDA/Northeast Festival, RDA/Southeast Festival, the National Regional Dance America Festival’s, UNC Greensboro, and UNC School of the Arts. Robert continues to be on staff with the Commercial Dance Intensive, under the direction of Casey Noblett. And he proudly serves as a guest faculty/staff member at the UNC School of the Arts. He is the Summer Dance Assistant Director and the Festival of Dance Co-Director. Robert is the Ballet Master and Guest Artist for Roswell Dance Theatre and is the Regional Dance America/Southeast Past President.