Christina Morrison refined her early dance training in Massachusetts at Walker’s Dance. During her time there, she had the opportunity to perform professionally in pieces by Jaclyn Walsh at the Joyce Theater, Summer Stages Central Park, and the ACE Capezio Awards. Christina graduated in 2018 with her BFA in Contemporary Dance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee under merit scholarship, where she performed works by Robert Battle, Alison Cook Beatty, Merce Cunningham, Mark Morris and Dwight Rhoden. She has also danced in several world premieres of choreography by MADBOOTS, Francesca Harper, Christopher Kinsey, Omar Carrum and Claudia LaVista. Christina has furthered her training at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Transformation Danse in Montreal, and the BODYTRAFFIC summer intensive in Los Angeles.
Christina’s other interests include dance pedagogy for students of all different ages and levels. Her academics at Boston Conservatory covered courses in Creative Movement pedagogy, Ballet pedagogy, Composition, Creative Process and Laban Movement Analysis. She was an active teacher of Boston Conservatory’s “Movement Matters” program that structures dance classes for assisted living centers. Christina also worked as an intern in the Spring of 2017 at the Eliot School in Boston, where she helped instruct untrained elementary-age students. In the summer of 2016 she traveled to Guatemala for two weeks with JUNTOS Dance Collective, teaching and performing for underserved communities. Aside from her love of teaching, she has a strong interest in arts administration which motivated her past involvement with both World Music/CRASHArts in Cambridge, MA and Urbanity Dance in Boston, MA as a Marketing Intern.
Christina is currently freelancing and choreographing in the Chicago area. She is performing with Peckish Rhodes as a Guest Artist for their 2020 season.
Gallery
EXPERIENCE
Professional:
2019
“FUSED" Links Hall // “Between The Lines We Lay” Francesca Baron // Chicago, IL
“Simantikos 2nd Annual Choreo Kick-Off The Greenhouse Theater // “Out of Sight” Christina Morrison // Chicago, IL
“Trifecta Dance Festival” Stage 773 // “Wonder of You” Christina Morrison // Chicago, IL
2018
“Harborwalk Sounds” Institute of Contemporary Art: Boston // “Wonder of You” Christina Morrison // Boston, MA
“ELCA Youth Gathering” NRG Stadium // Head Choreographer and Dancer // Houston, TX
2016
Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, Boston University Theater // “Melon and Dusk” Choreography Tara Lynch //Boston, MA
Boston Conservatory at Berklee:
2018
“Gloria” Choreography: Mark Morris, Staged by Marjorie Folkman
2017
“Maybe Dance” Choreography: MADBOOTS DANCE
“Giovanni’s Room” Choreography: Christopher Kinsey
“How to Pass Kick Fall and Run” Choreography: Merce Cunningham, Staged by Andrea Weber
2016
“Mirror House” (World Premiere) Choreography: Omar Carrum, Claudia Lavista
“And So It Is…” Choreography: Dwight Rhoden
2015
“Maladjusted Pride” (World Premiere) Choreography: Francesca Harper
“Battlefield” Choreography: Robert Battle, Staged by Erika Pujic
“Accused: Variation B” Choreography: Alison Cook Beatty
TRAINING
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
B.F.A in Contemporary Dance, 2018
Ballet and Pointe- Tai Jimenez, Marcus Schulkind, Donna Silva, Adriana Suarez
Modern -Joy Davis, Danielle Davidson, Leslie Koval, Jim Viera
Improvisation- Olivier Besson, Kurt Douglas
Composition- Daniel McCusker, Tommy Neblett, Mary Wolff
Ballet Partnering – Denise Pons Leone, Gianni Di Marco
INTENSIVE TRAINING:
BODYTRAFFIC Summer Intensive (2017)
Transformation Danse, Montreal (2017)