Janet trained with Valentina Belova of the Antwerp Ballet and with Stanley Zompakos, NYCB, and was coached by Anna Sokolow and Ernestine Stodelle for modern dance roles. She holds an AFA in Dance from Sullins College and a BA in Art and MAT from Lynchburg College in Virginia. Robertson has served on the Georgia Council for the Arts, as Assistant Artistic Director for Athens Ballet Theatre, as guest teacher in Kaosiung, Taiwan and East Athens Educational Dance Center, and received the Dance Athens 2004 Award for Excellence. She has acted in mediation videos and Adrian Kaye’s Stillwater; has served as an actress and scenic artist with the Town & Gown Players and as adjunct faculty in the UGA Department of Dance since 1985. Janet was seen on the WBCT stage as Aida in "Over the River and Through the Woods".