Company Dancer
Robert Alejandro Tinning
Stephanie Lake Company Works: VISTA, Manifesto, The Chronicles, Auto Cannibal
Additional Roles: Rehearsal Director
Robert Alejandro Tinning is an Ecuadorian-Australian dancer and choreographer. To the stage, Robert brings performance steeped in his lifelong intercultural immersion. Robert’s creative bases are the Byron/Tweed region and Melbourne/Naarm. Robert has danced with Stephanie Lake Company since 2021 (Manifesto, The Chronicles, Auto Cannibal & VISTA). He has also danced with other companies and choreographers including Chunky Move, Australasian Dance Collective, Tasdance, Jukstapoz, STRUT Dance WA, Gabrielle Nankivell, and Liesel Zink. He has toured across Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Robert is a recipient of the Tanja Leidtke Studio Residency and Sacatar Fellowship (Bahia, Brazil). His unique talent has seen him be awarded travel opportunities to explore interdisciplinary art practices in resonance with his cultural diasporas. These extensive travels have included working with the USA artist Don Lambert and Cuban/American performance artist, and former Jiri Kylian dancer, Lazaro Godoy in the USA. Since 2016, these travels have also included regular trips to Tasmania, Perth and Miami to perform and develop new dance work.
Robert’s works have been supported by Stephanie Lake Company’s ESCALATOR, WA’s DLGSC, Tasdance, AusDance NSW, Deering Estate (Miami, FL), Fountainhead Studios (Miami, FL), Lismore Regional Art Gallery, and Mad Dance House. As a movement director for film, Robert's collaborations with Dacre Montgomery have produced and released the short film ‘IN VITRO’ (2019) and the dance short ‘NIGHTMARES’ (2019), collectively attracting 2 million views across Instagram and YouTube. Robert is also a teacher and rehearsal director.