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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: My Life as a Dancer with Christina Johnson
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us for a virtual session: My Life as a Dancer with Chr
 istina Johnson.\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation ema
 il containing information about joining the meeting.\n\n\nAbout Christina
  Johnson\nChristina Johnson trained at Boston School of Ballet\, School of
  American Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem. She began her professional c
 areer at age seventeen with Boston Ballet\, before joining Dance Theatre o
 f Harlem\, where she became a principal dancer within four years. In her 1
 3-year tenure with DTH\, she worked with legends Frederic Franklin\, Ulyss
 es Dove\, Glen Tetley\, Suzanne Farrell\, Geoffrey Holder\, Allegra Kent\,
  Alonzo King\, Jerome Robbins\, Carmen De Lavallade\, and Sir Anthony Dowe
 ll to name a few. She danced leading roles in much of the company’s repe
 rtoire including Giselle\, Swan Lake\, Serenade\, Concerto Barocco\, Fireb
 ird\, Prodigal Son and Fancy Free. She was a member of the Swiss companies
 \, Le Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve and Ballett Basel\, where her repe
 rtoire expanded to include works by William Forsythe\, Jiri Kylian\, James
  Kudelka\, Twyla Tharp\, Ohad Naharin\, Jean-Christophe Maillot\, Amanda M
 iller and David Parsons. Christina is an original member of Complexions Co
 ntemporary Ballet and has been a featured guest artist with various compan
 ies worldwide\, including the Royal Ballet of London\, where she and her d
 ance partner\, Ronald Perry\, were the first African-American couple in hi
 story to perform with the company. \n\nAfter her performance career Chris
 tina has been sought after as a teacher and coach and has worked with comp
 anies and schools such as Pacific Northwest Ballet\, Washington Ballet\, P
 ittsburgh Ballet Theatre\, Joffrey Ballet\, Alvin Ailey American Dance The
 ater\, Pennsylvania Ballet\, Gotesborg Ballett\, Cornish College of the Ar
 ts and University of Washington among others. Christina held the position 
 of Rehearsal Director for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet\, Armitage Gone! 
 Dance\, Trey McIntyre Project\, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Chris
 tina most recently was full time faculty at Marin Ballet in San Rafael\, C
 A and is currently Adjunct Faculty at Dominican University in the LINES/Do
 minican BFA in Dance Program. 
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