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Currently, Christina dances as a featured guest artist with Jazzdanz/dc and Jazzemotion, resident dance companies of Joy of Motion Dance Center in Washington, DC. In June 2010, Christina performed on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center with Douglas Yeuell, Executive and Artistic Director of Joy of Motion and Artistic Director of Jazzdanz/dc. To see archived video of the Kennedy Center performance, follow this link! Also under the direction of Douglas Yeuell, Jazzemotion offers outreach performances for area nursing homes and senior centers and often appears in Performance Showcases at the Jack Guidone Theatre in Friendship Heights. Recently returning to one of her original loves - musical theatre - Christina appeared as a Merry Murderess in Chicago with Kensington Arts Theatre in October 2010 and as a featured dancer in West Side Story with Rockville Musical Theatre in Fall 2009. Christina graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Finance from the University of Maryland. While at Maryland, she competed in collegiate ballroom dancing, traveling around the U.S. and to the U.K. She also directed and choreographed for the Ballroom Formation Team at Maryland during her senior year. Christina received her primary dance training at the Corinne Phelps Robertson School of Dance and began as an assistant teacher there in 1990. Pamela Moore coached Christina for her Advanced Professional (Level VII) Teacher's Certificate and Suzanne Erlon trained her in the Balanchine method. Christina is currently the Executive Director of the Corinne Phelps Robertson School of Dance as well as a teacher of creative movement, ballet, jazz, and tap. Christina prepares students for Cecchetti ballet exams and choreographs and stages dance routines for the school's annual dance concert. Christina has also been on the faculty of the Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland, since the Center's inaugural season, where she teaches creative movement, ballet, and tap. In addition, Christina participated in a number of Outreach Programs with Metropolitan Ballet Theatre. She performed in Athletics and the Dancer, a lecture/demonstration program for elementary school students, and has taught creative movement at the Child Care Center at Montgomery College-Germantown. She also taught jazz and ballet to at-risk high school students as part of Educacion 2000 program at Richard Montgomery High School. Christina is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America (CCA) and served for ten years as the Treasurer on the board of the East Coast Committee of the CCA. She also served as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Ballet Theatre for four years. In June of 2002, she was proudly featured in a biographical documentary on Montgomery Community Cable. In addition, she has been interviewed by the Montgomery Gazette (April 2002) and the Potomac Almanac (September 1998). As the oldest of four children, Christina has always loved working with and being around children. Being a dance teacher has enabled her to share her love of this beautiful art form as well as encourage freedom of movement and expression in her students. Most importantly, Christina has been able to show that dance is not only beautiful, it's also fun! |
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Christina
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