Anna-Caison Roguski is a teacher, choreographer, and performer from South Carolina. In 2020, she graduated from Oklahoma City University’s Ann Lacy School of Dance and Entertainment Business with a Bachelor of Science in American Dance Pedagogy. She was then offered a fully funded teaching assistantship position at the University at Buffalo SUNY, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts in Dance. While in Buffalo, she focused her studies on jazz dance and the evolving discourse around its identity as a genre. She was able to create and perform in many exciting new pieces, including choreographing twice for the Zodiaque Dance Company. Her thesis concert consisted of a 25-minute piece that utilized movement and the compositions of local jazz musicians to explore the varying academic and artistic opinions on jazz dance’s essential core.

After graduation, she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition to teaching at several studios, she became a teaching artist for Attack Theatre, working to provide engaging and uplifting arts education in local schools. She was an adjunct professor at Chatham University, teaching a seminar on the history of dance around the world. She performed in several new pieces in the local arts community and showcased her new jazz work, The Wind Has a Name, at the Texture Choreography Project. She relocated to Houston in the summer of 2025 and is excited to be teaching at the Vitacca School for Dance!