Robert Dekkers received his training at the School of Atlanta Ballet and Gwinnett Ballet Theater on full scholarship. He danced professionally with Ballet Arizona, where he performed in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Marius Petipa, August Bournonville and Ib Anderson. After working with ODC/Dance, where he performed in works by Brenda Way and KT Nelson, Mr. Dekkers joined Company C Contemporary Ballet, dancing in works by Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovich and Charles Moulton. Mr. Dekkers began choreographing in 2001. His first work, Vivo Acesco, was awarded the Monticello Award for Emerging Choreography, allowing him to attend RDA’s Craft of Choreography Conference on full scholarship. Since then, he has created dozens of new works, including Toccare, which was performed at the Ballet Builders Showcase in New York City; Suite No. 2, presented at the World Ballet Competition in Orlando; and Believe, which was performed at the Tanzsommer Festival in Vienna, Austria. In 2008 he was named Resident Choreographer of NovaBallet, Arizona’s contemporary ballet company. In 2009, Mr. Dekkers founded Post:Ballet in San Francisco, where he has created several new works. Post:Ballet was named ‘Best New Dance’ of 2010 by San Francisco’s 7x7 Magazine and has been featured in DANCE Magazine and the Bay Area’s In Dance Magazine. Mr. Dekkers was named a ’25 To Watch’ artist for 2011 by DANCE Magazine.