Robin Riner

SH 740B
304-696-2788

Biography

Robin Riner is Professor of Anthropology and adjunct dance faculty at Marshall University. She has studied ballet, jazz, modern, West African, and hip-hop dance styles for over 30 years in North Carolina, NYC, and Los Angeles and at venues including Jacob’s Pillow and the American Dance Festival. She has performed professionally across the country with companies such as the Washington Square Repertory Dance Company (NYC), GiBa in Motion (NYC), Kybele Dance Theater (LA), Bone and Fiddle Dance Collective (OH), and Jeslyn Dance Gallery (WV). She currently teaches dance at 4th Avenue Arts in Huntington, WV.

BA – Anthropology at NYU
PhD – Anthropology at UCLA