Christina is not a ballerina. Her work reflects
her training, which includes a great deal of classical
ballet, Horton technique, release technique and
contact improvisation.
As a dancer, she loves/hates
the elitism, masochism, and extreme discipline
of classical dance forms as well as the freedom,
self-indulgence, and idealism of post-modernism
and the vernacular.
As a choreographer, she
tends to amplify these schizophrenic tendencies.
She likes to watch and create work that is funny,
disturbing, grotesque, and occasionally, beautiful
for no reason.
In performance she hopes
more than anything to make a kinesthetic (ie "gut")connection
with an audience, but also likes intellectual
work that deals with gender, relationships, society,
and the human experience.
Her love of unnecessary
labor and her obsession with process explains
her involvement in various granny-art/craft techniques,
such as knitting, sewing, and whittling. She is
also a writer, best at non-fiction/scholarly,
insipid poetry, and the lost art of letter writing.
Christina has taught dance
technique and composition to children and adults,
and has worked in the nonprofit sector as a dancer,
teacher, and choreographer for children's theatre.
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