Robert Sher-Machherndl, a native of Austria, has been a principal dancer, choreographer, master-teacher and artistic director. He's been granted the privilege of the United States Visa type, Alien of Extraordinary Ability to allow permanent US residence.
A principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet he mastered the repertoire from George Balanchine, Sir Fredrick Ashton and John Cranko. Some lead roles include Swan Lake, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin; Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nuages, Apollo; Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Serenade; Symphony in C, Diamonds, Concerto Barocco, Agon, La Valse, Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart), Hammerklavier, Grosse Fuge, Bad Blood. He collaborated with Rudolf Nureyev, Jiri Kylian, Hans van Manen, Ulysses Dove, Ed Wubbe, Ben Stevenson, Rudi van Dantzig, Maurice Bejart and John Neumeier. Robert was partner to principal dancers Jolinda Menendez with American Ballet Theater and Evelyn Hart with Royal Winnipeg Ballet and featured in the film Moment of Light with Evelyn Hart. Robert was a member of Nederlands Dance Theater, codirector of Salzburg Ballet and assistant to artistic director Ed Wubbe at Scapino Ballet.
Founder of the critically-acclaimed Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in 2004, his full-evening creations include UnCut, Point, PlastikPaket, StrangeLands, LoveCrimes, AustriaPop, Where Is The Love, AustriaPop Vol 2, Vertigo, Le Ballet Star; TigerLilly, Anilla, Mozart 250, Alien Nation, Leopoldstadt 22, Project Peace, Gala 2007, I Am Happy For This Moment, This Moment Is Your Life, I Trust You To Kill Me, A Strange Land, Liquid-Space, Vertical Migration, Bach 260, Shiro Shiro, Anilla and Blueprint.
Guest choreographies for Finnish National Ballet . Young Choreographers Workshop at Bavarian State Ballet . Scapino Ballet . Salzburg Ballet . Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble . Ballet Next. And, other appearances at Alvin Ailey Theater, New York . Santa Fe Dance Festival, New Mexico . National Performing Arts Convention, Denver . Chautauqua Summer Series, Colorado . Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver . Alexander Theater, Helsinki and other festivals. Robert is a four-time winner of New York's Ballet Builders Choreography Award. He is featured on the MTV Emmy award winning series MADE.
Robert has taught master-classes at the Kuopio Dance Festival, Lines Ballet Summer Program, Colorado University, Colorado State University . Wyoming University.