Faculty Profile for Roxanne Saenz Gage

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Roxanne Gage has celebrated many years of experience as a dance artist, choreographer, educator, and dance adjudicator. She holds a BA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin and an Associate of Fine Arts from Kilgore College. She is a former Kilgore College Rangerette Lieutenant and Swingster as well as a former Austin High School Dance Director. As a dance educator in the industry, Roxanne has shared her knowledge and experience at conferences such as the American College Dance Association and the Texas Dance Educators Association for over 20 years. She is also a core member of the Texas Dance Education Assessment and Learning staff as an adjudicator for TDEA.
Roxanne is a member of the dance faculty at Austin Community College and the recruitment coordinator for the dance department. She is also a dance faculty member at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. She is on the board of directors for the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company and serves as a producer and director for the Austin Dance Festival Youth Edition. She is a company member of Blue Lapis Light Aerial Dance Company, performing in site-specific works. Roxanne has directed and produced choreography for the Blanton Museum of Art- Exhibition Opening of Andy Warhol, the Opening of the JW Marriott Austin, the Essential Oils World Convention in Dallas, the Rodan+Fields World convention, and the Texas CASA conferences. She was the assistant choreographer and assisted with auditioning dancers for the movie, “Miss Congeniality,” starring Sandra Bullock. In 2021 she choreographed a full dance scene for the HBO limited series Love and Death with Elizabeth Olsen and Krysten Ritter. She has had the privilege of serving as a USASF judge for The Dance World’s Championship, where over 40 countries competed. She is a former dance company member and rehearsal director for the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company, where she performed and worked in collaboration for over 15 years. She is a former dance artist for Sharir Dance Company, Jose Bustamante Dance Company, and Andrea Beckham Collaborative Dance Company. She has performed in varied works by Yacov Sharir, Heywood “Woody” McGriff, Jose Bustamante, Ohad Naharin, David Dorfman, Doug Varone, Kathy Dunn Hamrick, Sally Jacques, and many more.
Roxanne’s artistic focus is to create an energetic and supportive learning environment for training dancers, choreographers, and dance educators. She is committed to enhancing dancers’ growth while directing and mentoring students to reach levels they did not know they could attain.

Teaching Interests

Dance Education, Choreography, Movement Foundations, Dance Production