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 had danced with Elisa Monte Dance, under the direction of Tiffany Rea-Fisher in 2016 for one season. Taking on the path of freelancing, Roxanne had worked with variety of artists including nathan trice/RITUALS Dance Theater Music, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Heidi Latsky Dance, Yara Travieso, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, AThomasProject, Clymove, Emotions Physical Theatre, and Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theater.
In addition to performing, Ms. Young enjoys teaching creative dance, ballet, modern dance, and jazz to students from the age of 5 to adults. She had the privilege of teaching in institutions such as Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Academy, Purelements, Montclair High School, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, National Enrichment Group, Marcia Brooks/Various Works, Peridance, and was a Horton Technique Assistant to Milton Myers at the Ailey School and Steps on Broadway.
Roxanne is a proud owner and founder of KarmaInMotion88 L.L.C., a massage practice that came into existence in October 2021.
