Wolf Trap Artist Roberta Lucas

Artist's Name:

Roberta "Bobbi" Lucas

Area of Expertise:

Creative movement and dance

Educational Philosophy:

As a professional performer and arts educator, I have experienced and witnessed the power of creative intervention. As young people learn to express and experience themselves creatively, they are better able to confront and contend with emotional, physical, and mental challenges.

Awards Earned:

• National Master Touring Artist for Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts

Key Performances:

• One-woman show "Pirouettes and Pigs that Fly"

• Children's Theater Troupe "Other Things and Company"

• The Far Conservatory of Therapeutic and Performing Arts

• Wolf Trap artist since 1988

Education/Certification:

B.A. in Theater and Dance from Oakland University

M.A. in Humanistic and Clinical Psychology from the Center for Humanistic studies, Detroit

Trained with the Minneapolis Children's Theater Company, the Detroit Dance Collective, and Anna Halprin's Life/Art Process

Other Affiliations:

Dances with Eisenhower Center for Dance

Arts Academy in the Woods



   
   

Updated 5/1/06