Roberta Wong
Roberta Wong
Assistant Teaching Professor of Ballet/Dance Generalist

Phone:765-285-6401

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Roberta Wong (she/her) is in her third year as a ballet and dance generalist at Ball State University. Previous adjunct lecturer positions have included Butler University, IU Theater, Drama, Contemporary Dance and Anderson University under Dean Dr. Jeffrey Wright. Other teaching has included ACDA, Dance West Virginia Fall Festival, Indiana Dance Festival, Indy Dance Festival, Mid-states Regional Dance America. Her education includes a B.S. in biology from Butler University, Stott Pilates, and workshops from Mark Morris Dance Group, San Francisco Ballet, Limon Europe at ArtEz, FACT/SF dance lab, Dance For PD and Hubbard Street Adaptive Dance.

An apprentice with the Boston Ballet, corps with Indianapolis Ballet Theater, and company teacher with Gregory Hancock Dance Theater, Roberta also served as dancer, company teacher and rehearsal director for Dance Kaleidoscope. Her DK performing repertory included originating roles in many of David Hochoy's dance works. Other performing highlights include the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show, the Weird Al Yankovich Poodle Hat tour at the Murat Theater and, under direction of Rick Sowers, the Bill and Gloria Gaither Praise Gathering. In 2024 she was featured, along with co-star Ramón Flowers, in the short film "Dreaming of You(th)," directed by Mike Woodall, which was selected for twelve film festivals, winning "best music video" at Short. Sweet. Film Fest in Cleveland OH.

She is the recipient of Individual Artist Program grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Indy Arts Council, and grants for developing work for seniors, including ambulatory, seated, healthcare and memory care through the Lifelong Arts Indiana program. Her senior work led to the creation of Dance Every Journey, a nonprofit serving seniors and veterans. She taught at Madame Walker summer arts programs under Glenn S. White and at Lincoln Street Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington IN.

She was trained and has taught Dance For Parkinsons since 2011, helping establish programs in Indianapolis, Bloomington and at the Indianapolis Ballet.

Her choreography has been presented at the Anderson University's "Candles and Carols," the Peggy Dorsey Memorial Concert, Indianapolis Ballet's New Works, the Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, the Indy Convergence artist residency and graduate/doctoral works of Chen Yihan and Darlene Tsai.

Board positions have included Dance For Parkinsons Bloomington and the Indy Dance Council. She was an artistic advisor for the IAC's SFAC/strategic planning committee under Miah Michaelson. She believes in lifelong learning across the lifespan and her teaching strives to create an environment of technical study, social empathy, shared and indivicual contribution and civil decency in a community that respects individuals while maintaining vision of a common goal.
Course Schedule
Course No. Term Level Hours Location
Dance Through Time and Culture [syllabus] DANC 100.800 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Online (Asynchronous)
Dance Through Time and Culture [syllabus] DANC 100.810 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Online (Asynchronous)
Ballet 1 [syllabus] DANC 110.2 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 2.0 Studio
Ballet 1 [syllabus] DANC 110.3 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 2 Studio
Ballet 3 [syllabus] DANC 310.1 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 2.0 Studio
Directed Study in Theatre and Dance [syllabus] DOTD 496.14 Fall 2026 Undergraduate 1 Independent Study