About LaToya Roberson
LaToya began her ballet training in her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
LaToya has been a student at many prestigious dance schools including Pittsburgh Youth Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, Dance Theater of Harlem and The Ailey School, where she received the Judith Jamison Fellowship. Studying at these schools has given LaToya the privilege of studying under and dancing for dance greats such as Melissa Hayden, Gelsey Kirkland, Franco De Vita, Arthur Mitchell, Ronald K. Brown and Judith Jamison. Since finishing her training, LaToya has gone on to perform on stage as well as on television. She has been a featured dancer on Live! With Regis and Kelly and the MTV Video Music Awards. She has danced with Contemporary Ballet Theater and Genesis Dance Company. She has also had the opportunity to dance as a guest artist in roles for ballets such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Firebird, Gaite Parisienne, The Nutcracker, Giselle and more.
LaToya has been on staff and guest teacher at numerous dance schools including Dance Impressions NJ (Union, NJ), where she was head of the ballet department, Bay Ridge Ballet (Brooklyn, NY) Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet (Shreveport, LA) , Theater School of Dance (Shreveport, LA), Santa Clarita Ballet (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles Ballet Academy and the Dance Teacher Web Live teachers’ conference every year in Las Vegas. She is currently a staff member of D’Valda and Sirico Dance and Music Centre in Fairfield, CT under the direction of Angela D’Valda Sirico and Steve Sirico.
LaToya is an ABT® Certified Teacher, successfully completing the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She also holds a certification in Ballet Teaching and Registered Teaching status with the Royal Academy of Dance (London, England).
