Renee Robinson

Renee Robinson is a retired American dancer from Washington, D.C., who performed as a Principal Dancer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She began her dance training in classical ballet at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet. She also attended the School of American Ballet, the Dance Theatre of Harlem and The Ailey School. In 2003, she performed at the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki.

In their 2006 season, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated Robinson's 25th year with the company; her tenure is the longest of any female dancer in the company's history. Upon her retirement (with her final performance with the company on December 9, 2012), she was the last company member to have worked with its founder, Alvin Ailey, as well as being the only dancer to have performed with all three of the company's artistic directors (inclusive of artistic director emerita Judith Jamison and Jamison's successor, Robert Battle).

Select performance pieces (Choreographer, Title) Alvin Ailey, Blues Suite Alvin Ailey, Revelations Alvin Ailey, Maskela Langage Alvin Ailey, Cry Donald McKayle, Rainbow ‘Round My Shoulder Alvin Ailey, Night Creature George Faison, Suite Otis Ulysses Dove, Bad Blood Ulysses Dove, Vespers Ulysses Dove, Episodes Judith Jamison, Forgotten Time Billy Wilson, The Winter of Lisbon Judith Jamison, Hymn Ronald K. Brown, Grace Carmen de Lavallade, Sweet Bitter Love