I am both a collaborator and a fan of Lemon Sponge Cake. Robert and Jen are talented, hard working creatives who are great to work with. They are enthusiastic about every project and always bring plenty of imaginative ideas yet genuinely want your input. They truly want the project to be a collaboration! I am looking forward to the next project t with them.

Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet is one of the most prestigious companies in Colorado. Having had the privilege to work with Robert on the creation of a new piece, as well as train with him in a classroom setting, the process is equally as rewarding as the final product. Robert gives my favorite ballet class; the information he shares, ideas toward better technical capacities, and the progression of class is unique and beneficial. His passion for this art form radiates throughout his brilliant choreography and proficient teaching methodology. Jen and Robert are a force to be reckoned with, true visionaries.

Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet offers thought provoking and intentional works of art. I have personally experienced the companys pure, raw and honest artistry and have been moved by it greatly. Roberts choreography is bold, intriguing and purposeful. I hope that everyone has the pleasure of observing & experiencing his work and his rare ability to communicate the joys, struggles, and beauty in life through the art of movement.A beautiful, beautiful company!

Seldom has my breath been actually stopped by a performance. The artistically unexpected, the raw beauty, the creative moment suspended... Well, both breath-taking and breath-giving. Thank you, Robert, for your work in this world. We need you now more than ever.

Lemon Sponge Cake is on the top tier of artistic expression with movement creation and concepts that are respected throughout the world. Robert has the ability to deal gently with massive concepts that come from a genuine place in his heart and mind and interact with them in such a way as to have something to give to his audience. What he creates through dance and collaboration is both clear and deeply reflective about very important issues. Both in class, in creation, and in performance Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet is a valuable part of the community here in Colorado and abroad.

Robert is the best ballet teacher I’ve ever worked with. His musicality and energy inside the classroom is inspiring and keeps you constantly focused and engaged. His ability to deliver individualized attention to every student in his class is what makes him stand out as a teacher. I have taken his summer intensive workshop and regularly attends all his classes in Boulder as well as Denver and it has helped me grow tremendously as an athlete and a dancer. I plan on signing up for all his intensives and classes in the future.

Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet is an amazing company! I have taken class with Robert off and on for three years now, its a class Ill always return to for the challenge and fun of it. I have also had the pleasure of working with them on two different projects, the proces is rewarding and inspiring. Jen and Robert are quite the dynamic duo!

Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet and Robert Sher-Machherndl are amazing! Robert is a wonderful, deeply talented expressive ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Our daughter has learned so much from Robert and deeply enjoys his teaching and artistic gifts. She is a better dancer all-around for her ballet classes and mentoring from Robert. Thank you!

I was mesmerized by Robert Sher-Machherndls solo performance GONE - a brave honest and outstanding artist!! It genuinely touched me!!!

Boulder, CO-based Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet is home to some of the absolute best ballet I have ever experienced first-hand, both as student and patron. Robert Sher-Machherndl’s choreography, movement repertoire, and overall teaching methodology are all second to none. I began taking classes with Robert in December of 2015, shortly after I had moved to Denver from Boston. I had over ten years of classical training in Boston and was on a professional track, but made a sudden decision to leave the ballet world at eighteen. When I chose to re-embrace ballet as a hobby after an 8-year hiatus, I was both emotionally apprehensive and physically rather rusty. Had I started taking classes again with another teacher, I’m not sure that I would have felt comfortable enough to push through those first few difficult months, but I told Robert about my ballet history and he was very encouraging and understanding. While Robert himself is a world-class ballet dancer, choreographer, and master teacher, he maintains a singularly welcoming, holistic, and light-hearted class environment. As a teacher, he is both patient and knowledgable enough to help dancers of all levels improve and grow. His combinations and choreography, while firmly rooted in classical ballet, venture into more stylistic territory, making for classes that are always simultaneously refreshing and indulgent. I am so grateful to have found Robert’s classes and highly recommend them to every fellow ballet dancer that I meet. I have also had the pleasure of attending Lemon Sponge Cake’s recent premieres of White Fields and Vertical Migration. In addition to Robert’s captivating choreography and avant-garde style, I am so appreciative of the socially-cognizant nature of his works. What Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet offers to the dance world, both locally and nationally, is unique and crucial, and I am beyond honored to be a part of their community.

Serves great lemon sponge cake, 10/10 would recommend