About Robin

The Spring 2017 issue of UpStart Annapolis Magazine features an article about Robin by Leah Weiss with photos by Amy Raab.

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"I have taken private lessons and group classes from Robin, and have also observed her teach in both formats.
Robin knows how to build upon each student's strengths, and teaches her students to become independent. She creatively and somatically teaches the Alexander Technique principles with an excellent balance of intensity and humor."

MaryJean Allen

Voice and Body Mapping Teacher

Chicago IL


ROBIN GILMORE, MFA, ATI, is an internationally recognized dancer and Alexander teacher whose primary language is movement. She began studying the Alexander Technique and other somatic disciplines in 1980 and was fortunate to study with Marjorie Barstow for a number of years. She has taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, American University, Temple University and other institutions and has been a presenter at the International Congress of the Alexander Technique and numerous dance and somatics conferences. As a director of AT teacher training programs in Greensboro, NC (2004-2022) and Kyoto, Japan (1992–1999) and as guest faculty in other programs, Robin has mentored several generations of Alexander teachers. She is a Teaching Member and Sponsor in Alexander Technique International. She has published numerous articles, and her book What Every Dancer Needs to Know About the Body (GIA Publications), is a required text in many university performing arts departments.


Robin has been dancing her entire life and has performed around the world as a solo dancer/vocalist and in collaboration with an eclectic mix of artists. Improvisation, developmental movement and the natural world inform her moving, teaching and overall approach to life. She is an avid gardener and swimmer.