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Elevating Artistry Founder Bio
Susan Roberts is the Founder of Elevating Artistry, a dance development platform dedicated to cultivating technically strong, confident, and expressive artists through intentional training and mentorship.
Originally from Canada, Susan is a lifelong dancer who began training at the age of four. She studied extensively across multiple genres with a strong classical foundation before relocating to Los Angeles to continue her professional dance training.
Guided by a deep commitment to technique and dancer development, she spent more than a decade apprenticing under a master technician, traveling nationally and internationally to train, teach, and refine her approach to technical education.
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For over twenty years, Susan has taught, choreographed, and mentored dancers across a wide range of ages and levels. Over the past decade, her work has focused primarily on pre-professional dancers preparing to pursue advanced dance training. Her teaching emphasizes
maximizing each dancer’s individual facility through alignment, strength, and movement efficiency while integrating musicality, storytelling, and authentic stage presence into performance. This philosophy now extends through her work within Elevating Artistry, including Dance Method Lab and Artistry Review, experiences designed to support dancers through technical development, personalized feedback, and intentional artistic growth.
Known for her detail-oriented and development-focused approach, Susan is passionate about helping dancers move toward deeper artistic understanding by building not only stronger technicians, but confident and self-aware artists.
Through Elevating Artistry, she brings together technical training, personalized feedback, and immersive learning experiences that support long-term artistic growth with clarity, intention, and respect for both the dancer and the craft.
About elevating Artistry
Our Purpose
Elevating Artistry was created from a simple belief
Strong artistry is built through intentional training.
Today’s dance environment offers many performance opportunities, and dancers benefit most when training also prioritizes understanding, refinement, and intentional development.
Our goal is not simply to prepare dancers for the next performance, but to support their long-term growth as capable, confident, and expressive artists.
Our Philosophy
Artistry Is Earned Through Intention
At Elevating Artistry, our work is grounded in:
- Mastery through consistency
- Depth over trend
- Respect for the body and the craft
We believe dancers thrive when training emphasizes understanding alongside achievement. Technique becomes stronger, artistry becomes authentic, and confidence grows naturally when development is approached with patience, structure, and care.
Our Purpose
Elevating Artistry was created from a simple belief
Strong artistry is built through intentional training.
Today’s dance environment offers many performance opportunities, and dancers benefit most when training also prioritizes understanding, refinement, and intentional development.
Our goal is not simply to prepare dancers for the next performance, but to support their long-term growth as capable, confident, and expressive artists.
A Different Approach to Training
Elevating Artistry was designed to bridge the gap between traditional studio training and deeper artistic development.
Our approach supports dancers through a clear developmental progression that builds both skill and self-awareness over time. We emphasize technical mastery, individualized guidance, and meaningful experiences that help dancers apply their training with confidence and intention.
Growth is measured through understanding, refinement, and the confidence that comes from truly knowing one’s craft.
The Elevating Artistry Experiencecourses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate
Dancer development happens in stages: learning the work, refining the artist, and applying growth in meaningful environments.
Elevating Artistry brings these stages together through three connected experiences designed to support dancers at every phase of their journey.
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Dance Method Lab
A structured technical training platform focused on strength, alignment, movement efficiency, and foundational understanding. Dance Method Lab helps dancers build sustainable technique and lasting confidence.
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Artistry Review
Personalized video feedback and mentorship that provides dancers with clear, constructive guidance. Through individualized feedback, dancers gain insight into their strengths, refine areas of growth, and develop artistic awareness.
03
LA Rise
Immersive workshop and travel-based experiences designed to prepare dancers for professional environments, auditions, and performance presentation. These experiences allow dancers to apply their training in real-world artistic settings.
Who We Serve
Elevating Artistry serves dedicated dancers who are motivated to grow both technically and artistically.
Our dancers are curious, motivated, and committed to growth. Many are preparing for advanced training opportunities, conservatory programs, collegiate dance paths, or professional careers, while others simply seek deeper confidence and artistry within their training.
We also support families and educators who value thoughtful mentorship, high standards, and long-term dancer development.
Our Vision
We envision a dance culture where training prioritizes longevity, artistry, and individual growth.
A culture where dancers feel seen, supported, and challenged.
Where technique strengthens confidence rather than pressure.
Where artistry develops through understanding, not comparison.
Elevating Artistry exists to help dancers grow into artists who trust their training, understand their movement, and carry confidence both onstage and beyond.
Our Teachers
Featured Teachers
James Mars
Chairman
Davd Card
Instructor, Biology
Alice Loginova
Instructor, English
Rebeak Alig
Instructor, Art
Mark Alen
Instructor, Math
Sergio Greco
Instructor, Chemistry
John Smeth
Instructor, Music