robbinschilds was formed by choreographers, Sonya Robbins and Layla Childs in 2003. The company creates performance and video works for diverse venues including the stage, gallery or "site". Focused on presenting highly visual time-based works, robbinschilds explores the juncture between architecture or place, and human interaction.

robbinschilds’ performance work has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop, PS 122, The Kitchen, The New Museum, Movement Research at Judson Church, Triskelion Arts, DanceSpace Project at St. Mark’s Church, PS 1, The Whitney Museum at Altria and the Autumn Skate Bowl (New York, NY), The Marfa Ballroom, (Marfa, TX), Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Salon (Los Angeles, CA), and internationally at The Donau Festival (Krems, Austria). In addition to their live work, robbinschilds’ video art has been exhibited at Vaska Emanouilova Gallery Sofia, Bulgaria (2009) Zendai MoMa Shanghai, China (2008), The New Museum, New York, NY (2008) Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain (2007), Taxter and Spengemann gallery (2007), LACE: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (2007), and was screened as part of BAM’s 2007 Next Wave series.

robbinschilds has worked with the art collective Chicks on Speed and collaborated with Brooklyn-based duo Japanther, on the rock spectacle Dinosaur Death Dance commissioned by the Performa 07 festival. In 2008, robbinschilds was commissioned to create original choreography for David Byrne on his world concert tour.

Recent company activities include a 2009 summer residency at Mt. Tremper Arts and an installation and performance of C.L.U.E. this September at Pica’s TBA Festival. In November of 2009, robbinschilds journeyed to Christchurch NZ to complete a month long residency at the Physics Room where the duo began work on a new film and performance project.