Arletta Anderson is a Los Angeles-based dance artist, performance maker, and educator. She received her degree in dance from Loyola Marymount University and has continued training throughout her time living in New York, the Bay Area, and her return to Los Angeles in 2019. Arletta has enjoyed a robust career as a freelance dancer, working with various choreographers and directors such as Gerald Casel, Detour Dance, Summation Dance, and Aura Fischbeck. She was a collaborator/performer in NYC-based choreographer Catherine Galasso’s Alone Together at ODC Theater in San Francisco, which was nominated for an Isadora Duncan award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance. She is currently performing in DaEun Jung’s touring project, NORRI, and with choreographer Kevin Williamson. Additionally, Arletta makes performance work in collaboration with writer/theater artist Adam Smith. Their work has been commissioned and presented by venues nationally. As an educator, Arletta has taught at University of San Francisco, Bowling Green University, Scripps College, UCLA, LMU, UC Riverside, University of Hawaii, among other studios and schools. Arletta is on faculty at Orange County School of the Arts, part of the Ground Grooves teaching staff, and guides yoga/movement classes for non-dancers.