Roberta Mathes received a BA in dance from Adelphi University and has a distinguished career in the
performing arts, both in front of the audience as a performer, and behind the scenes as a choreographer/
coordinator. Her list of achievements include work in several feature films, Beat Street, Fatal
Attraction, in television programs, The Guiding Light, Law and Order, and in award
winning music videos, "Higher Love"(Steve Winwood). She has also performed in shows, Sweet Charity
and Kismet, in major industrials for IBM and Chrysler, in special charity events including the
opening of Disney's film Hercules on Broadway and the Liberty Bicentennial and most recently in
an off off Broadway play, The Invisible Child. One of Roberta's outstanding credits was as
assistant choreographer in Brian de Palma's film Carlito's Way.
While directing-beyond dance @ the bergenPAC, Roberta remains on the faculty of Steps on Broadway
(NYC), American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive (NYC). Roberta co-directed her own school, dance plus...a whole lot more
for 13 years and has been a guest teacher in Israel, Italy, Canada, Norway, Venezuela and Brazil.
Her strength as a dancer and choreographer is her versatility in style. However, Roberta feels that her best
achievements lie in the area of teaching dance as mentioned in a feature article about her in the February 2000
issue of "Dance Teacher" magazine. Roberta was fortunate enough to be part of ABT's "Make a Ballet Program"
and her students performed at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. She loves watching her students grow
into expressive successful dancers. One of her former students, Meredith Akin from Englewood is now dance captain
in the hit broadway show Mamma Mia. Roberta's dynamic personality, along with her own "technique", forms a whole
and responsive learning experience.
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