As a young adult she moved to New York City where she performed in the original Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof” and was Jerome Robbins’ muse. She then toured the U.S. in several ballet companies and moved to Europe where she danced in the Geneva Ballet, Israeli National Ballet and the Iranian National Ballet.
Returning to New York she opened the Great Neck School of Dance and trained thousands of children including Ashley Hod, currently dancing principal roles in the New York City Ballet, Isabella de Vivo, a soloist in the San Francisco Ballet and Sarah Hughes, the Olympic Gold Medalist of 2002.
In 2015 Roberta opened Ballet and Body on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with the purpose of spreading the Ballet Body Barre workout to the entire planet.