ROXANNE YOUNG

Dancer

Roxanne Young, a native of Denver, CO, trained at her mother's studio, Expressions of Dance and Arts Academy and at the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance School. She attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, TX from 2003-2006 where she was a member of the Repertory Dance Company I. In 2006, Ms. Young was a Finalist for the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts in Modern Dance, now YoungArts, which is held in Miami, FL. After high school she continued her studies at the University of Utah, joining the Department of Modern Dance from 2006-2010. In 2010, she joined the Dallas Black Dance Theatre II and in 2011 Ms. Young joined the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble as a member of the second company and was promoted to the first company after one season and continued dancing for the company for 3 seasons.

After being an apprentice for a year, Ms. Young danced with Elisa Monte Dance, under the direction of Tiffany Rea-Fisher in 2016 for one season. Taking on the path of freelancing, Roxanne has worked with a variety of artists including nathan trice/RITUALS, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Heidi Latsky Dance, Yara Travieso, Gabri Christa, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, AThomasProject, Clymove, Emerge 125, Marcia Brooks/Various Works and Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theater.

This is her second season with CLYMOVE.