Robin Stephens


Assistant Professor, Head of Dance
Office: BRAN 116         |         318-342-1312

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            Dancer, teacher, and choreographer, Robin Stephens has enjoyed a distinguished career in the American Musical Theater. Handpicked by the Broadway legends Gower Champion, Alan J. Lerner, and Charles Strouse, Ms. Stephens has performed as a featured dancer in the original companies of the Broadway Musicals 42nd Street and Dance a Little Closer.

While on Broadway she has worked with such luminaries as Jerry Orbach, Tammy Grimes, Delores Gray, Leroy Reems, Len Carou, and George Rose. Ms. Stephens's professional associations with important regional theaters are Oklahoma City's Lyric Theater, Music Theater of Wichita, Dallas Summer Musicals, and Casa Manana of Fort Worth, Texas.

Ms. Stephens has trained regionally with such luminaries as Miguel Terechov and Yvonne Chouteau of the Ballet Ruse de Monte Carlo, KoYukuhuiro of Martha Graham Company and Conrad Ludlow principal dancer with the New York City Ballet.

While in New York she studied with Finis Young(ballet), Lynn Simonson (jazz), RandySkinner (tap), and Lea Theodore (musical theater).

Recently, Ms. Stephens has been on the faculty at Coastal CarolinaUniversity were she served asdance instructor and resident choreographer fortheir Musical Theater division.

She currently directs the ULM dance department and serves as resident choreographer for the ULM's Opera and Musical Theater program.Ms. Stephens holds a BFA from Oklahoma City University, a Masters Degree from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and is a registered yoga instructor.