Instructors > Sophia Roberts

Sophia approaches dance as a revolutionary activity. She loves dance for community building, for its ability to break down barriers between people, and to move energy while promoting emotional healing.

A serious dancer as a child, as a teenager she quit dancing and got involved in activism and media
production. A recovering Russian style ballerina, her focus in dance has been on play, improvisation, contact, community, and dance as a spiritual activity. Her research interests include diversity, spirituality and sexuality, feminism, eco feminism, and dance meditation. She collects chants and rubber bouncy balls. 

She has been a regional coordinator for the Self Advocacy Association since 2002, supporting people with developmental disabilities to speak up for themselves, doing community education and systems advocacy. She holds a BFA in Dance with minors in History and African American studies from SUNY Brockport.

She is a certified Dance on the Wild Side facilitator.