Tomiko Robson

Tomiko first took a Ballet class at the age of six and has been dancing ever since. She completed her Royal Academy of Dance examinations in Ballet as a kid and then fell in love with Contemporary dance with the Contemporary Dance Company at McMaster University.

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Since moving to Yellowknife in 2006, Tomiko has been an active presence in the Yellowknife dance community. She has taught Ballet at Bella Dance Academy since 2007, and in 2018, she completed her Diploma of Dance Teaching Studies through the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), becoming a registered teacher with the RAD. Tomiko has successfully coached many BDA Ballet students through their RAD assessments over the past 5 years.

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Tomiko also co-founded the Yellowknife Dance Collective (YDC) in 2011 and is currently on the YDC board as Co-Chair. She has directed, choreographed, and performed in numerous YDC productions and collaborations, most recently YDC's North of 60X60 show in May, 2024. Other recent dance projects include choreography and performance for France Benoit’s award-winning short film “Three Drops” (2018), choreography for Echo Chamber's performance of "I Can Finally Feel the Sun” as part of their Western Canada tour, Portraits of Home (2023), and choreography and performance in the short film @tension (2024) with Fia Grogono.