Robin Dekkers, Artistic Director

Robin Dekkers (they/them), founder and Artistic Director of Post:ballet, was named “25 To Watch” by DANCE Magazine and has choreographed and/or directed new collaborations for Post:ballet including evening-length productions such as Do Be, Lyra and Lavender Country; one-act works including Milieu, Mine is Yours, When in Doubt, and ourevolution; and dance films including Swan Lake, Dance of the Knights, and Mine is Yours. Robin's work has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow, SF International Arts Festival, Vienna's Tanzsommer Festival, NYC's Ballet Builders Showcase, Seattle's Against the Grain Festival, and SF Frameline Film Festival. Past commissions include Kansas City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, sjDANCEco, and Diablo Ballet, where they were resident choreographer from 2013-2018. They've also created new works at Stanford University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Richmond. Robin has created short films including Coming Home, commissioned by the SF Dance Film Festival; Tassel, created in collaboration with The Living Earth Show; Playing Changes, featuring violinist Helen Kim and produced in partnership with San Francisco Symphony; Been Lovin' You, which closed the SF Dance Film Festival's 2022 opening night program; and Waltz of the Snowflakes, which was created with cinematographer/editor Benjamin Tarquin and has been viewed over 300,000 times on YouTube since its premiere in 2020. Flutter, a film they created with AXIS Dance Company, was commissioned by Lincoln Center and continues to play daily at TKTS Time Square. Their first full-length film, Lyra, featuring choreography by Vanessa Thiessen and an original score by Samuel Adams that’s performed live by The Living Earth Show, was commissioned by SF Performances and was recently restaged and shared with sold-out theaters at Stanford Live and Yale Schwarzman Center. In 2021, Robin choreographed the season finale dance sequence for Starz Network's Blindspotting series in collaboration with Lil Buck, Jon Boogz, and the Post:ballet dancers. Robin danced professionally with Ballet Arizona, ODC/Dance, Company C Contemporary Ballet, and Diablo Ballet, where they were nominated for an Isadora Duncan award for “Outstanding Performance- Individual” in 2013. They danced leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, José Límon, KT Nelson, Val Caniparoli, Lar Lubovitch, Jodie Gates, Trey McIntyre, Dominic Walsh, Septime Webre, and Paul Taylor. Robin is also the Artistic Director of Berkeley Ballet, the official school of Post:ballet, where they infuse their passion for collaboration into the training and performance opportunities for the next generation of dancers. Robin regularly teaches company class for Smuin Ballet, AXIS Dance Company, and ODC/Dance, and holds a degree in business from Rio Salado College. Robin is also Director of Choreography for Art Haus, a Playa performance group whose performances include reimagined versions of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Firebird as well as contemporary works including Noble Beast, In C, and We, Human.

Ali griffin, Executive Director

Ali Griffin (she/her) is an administrator and dancer by training with experience in non-profit development. Passionate about the study of ballet from an early age she pursued training with schools across the US ,including Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre and into college where she pursued a B.A. in literary journalism at UC Irvine before receiving an M.A. in magazine writing from New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Ali’s journalism has been published in Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Esquire and Outside magazines as well as regional publications on both coasts.

She joined Berkeley Ballet Theater in 2012 and left as its General Manager, to work as the Development Director for Inspire Youth Project, a non-profit devoted to providing mentorship and job training for children affected by HIV, abuse, neglect and homelessness. Following this, she focused on institutional and corporate partnerships at the San Francisco Symphony successfully receiving funding from the James Irvine Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Wells Fargo, Chevron Corporation, Emirates Airlines, and more. In 2015 Ali was recruited by the BBT Board of Directors to pioneer the ED position at BBT in advance of the organizations imminent move to it's current home in the Gilman District in Berkeley.