Urban Bush Women
Lai-Lin Robinson is an accomplished independent performance artist and creative producer currently serving as the UBW CCI 2.0 Project Producer at Urban Bush Women since October 2021, where the focus is on supporting women+ of color producers. With extensive experience in producing and management roles, Robinson has worked with a variety of organizations, including College & Community Fellowship as the Justice Votes Project Producer and as Studio Manager at Celia Slattery Voice and Performance Studio, emphasizing systems and database building. Additional roles include producing at Pyeng Threadgill Voice & Movement Studio, associate producing for the NYC FREE Festival at Little Island NYC, and managing artist services at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Robinson's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from Fordham University and training at prestigious institutions such as Alvin Ailey Dance Theater School and Broadway Dance Center.
Urban Bush Women
UBW galvanizes artists, activists, audiences and communities through performances, artist development, education and community engagement. With the ground-breaking performance ensemble at its core, ongoing initiatives like the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), BOLD (Builders, Organizers & Leaders through Dance) and the Choreographic Center Initiative, UBW continues to affect the overall ecology of the arts by promoting artistic legacies; projecting the voices of the under-heard and people of color; bringing attention to and addressing issues of equity in the dance field and throughout the United States; and by providing platforms and serving as a conduit for culturally and socially relevant experimental art makers.