Nicole Robinson

Co-Director

Nicole Robinson is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and dance education advocate from Riverside, CA.  She is a graduate from California State University, San Bernardino with a degree in Kinesiology.  She holds a Master of Arts in Dance Education from California State University, Long Beach.   

Nicole is a strong advocate for providing dance education opportunities to under served populations.  She has dedicated her time in education to providing high quality dance training at no cost.  Nicole began the A. B. Miller Dance Program in 1995 and established the A. B. Miller Conservatory of Dance in 2011. Under her direction, the A. B. Miller High School dance program has received numerous grants and support in its mission to increase diversity in dance.  She is the dance specialist for the Fontana Unified School district leading professional development projects and workshops for teachers grades K-6 and is the lead teacher for the FUSD Dance Collaborative which provides dance education for students in grades PK-8 grades.   In 2015, she was named California League of Teachers' Teacher of the Year for Region 10 and was named the 2017 Carlston Family Foundation Teacher of the Year.   

She has served as a team lead for the California Standards Revision Committee in Dance and is a teacher leader for the California Arts Project.  Currently, Nicole is the past president for the California Dance Education Association which is the state wide professional organization for California dance educators and serves on the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee for the National Dance Education Organization.

Rosa Rodriguez Frazier

Conservatory Contemporary FAculty

Rosa Rodríguez-Frazier is a teacher, dance-maker, and performing artist based in Riverside, California. Her interest as a first-generation Mexican American woman artist values “movement” as a means to corporally dismantle bi/cultural stereotypes of gender, class, race and citizenship on traditional/non-traditional U.S. performance platforms. Frazier’s movement aesthetic and choreographic interests are rooted on a mix of Late-Modern/Post-Modern and Banda-Norteño social dance forms approached by “Experimental” dance-making processes. 

She received a BA in Dance and an MFA in Experimental Choreography from the University of California, Riverside, and a California Teaching Credential for Single Subject Education from the University of Redlands. Dedicated to the subject of diversity in dance education, Rosa has also had the opportunity to present in panels at the National Dance Education Organization Conference, the California Dance Education Organization Conference and the Professional Development of RIMS California Dance Project for Common Core Standards.  

Rosa is one of the founders and artistic collaborators of Primera Generación Dance Collective alongside Alfonso Cervera, Irvin Gonzalez and Patty Huerta. Over the past decade Frazier has had the opportunity to create and perform work inter/nationally alongside dance partner, Joey Navarrete (rosa and joey dueto collective), and counterpoint/shift under the direction of Sue Roginski.

Currently, she is an associate professor at Riverside City College and an adjunct teacher and co-director of the A.B. Miller High School Dance and Conservatory of Dance program in Fontana, California where she teaches Contemporary Dance, Jazz, Improvisation, Choreography, Dance Repertoire and Dance History.

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Anthony Loa

conservatory Jazz faculty, Performance director & Assistant director of Dance

Anthony Loa has been a faculty member for AB Miller High School Dance since 2002. Anthony began his dance training at Riverside Community College, Defore Dance Center and finishing up obtaining a BA in Dance/Choreography from University of California, Riverside. He has danced and choreographed for numerous formal dance concerts and musical theater productions. He currently teaches at Village Dance Arts and is a certified Zumba instructor at various fitness locations in the Inland Empire.

Angelika Lopez

Conservatory Hip hop faculty

Angelika Lopez was born and raised in Southern California she began her dance training at Laura's Dance Academy in ballet, tap and jazz. Angelika was the first graduating class of the A. B. Miller Conservatory of Dance where she furthered her training in jazz, ballet, modern and composition. At the age of sixteen, Angelika founded her own dance company called Breed International Dance Company. Breed performs at private parties, covers all of the Inland Empire, Orange County and Los Angeles areas. As artistic director of Breed, she focuses some of her company’s time on volunteer entertainment performances for different charities and local city events. Angelika was a principal dancer for hip hop based Elev8 crew for two years. She furthered her dance training at the University of California Irvine. She is a graduate of CSU San Bernardino with a degree in Kinesiology. Angelika is currently a guest artist and choreographer at multiple school sites and studios covering the Inland Empire and Los Angeles areas and is working on receiving her Master’s degree and teaching credential at University of La Verne.

Aisha Stewart, intern

Aisha Stewart was born in Harbor City, California and raised in Fontana, California. She began her dance training at the age of 5 with ballet and tap at Terpsichore Gallery Dance Studio and at 9 years old, she pursued hip hop at Shula's Dance House. It was not until her sophomore year of high school that she found dance again. She went on to become a part of the A.B Miller Conservatory Program of Dance for her junior and senior year. Passionate about dance, she decided to continue her training at Riverside City College where she is currently a dance major. She is a former member of the ENVY Dance Company and currently dances with the Riverside based Retrograde Dance company. In the future, Aisha hopes to open a dance studio and teach kids.