Christy Walsh : vexed

About Me

Basic Information
Gender
Female

Contact Information
State
New York
City / Town
Brooklyn
Country
United States
Website1
www.artreview.com/profiles/christywalsh
Website2
http://christywalsh.blogspot.com

Education
College / University
Virginia Commonwealth University

Art Information
Primary Art
Choreographer
Secondary Art
Director
Art Related
Teacher-Ballet
About me
Christy Walsh is a choreographer, photographer and video artist who makes very theatrical, content-driven work. She is a ballet and modern dancer, and she has lived in New York, Texas, Virginia and South Korea. She began her career in her grandmother’s musical theater troupe and has since performed all sorts of dances – no stripping, but several Can-Cans. She has choreographed for regional dance companies (including her own) and more experimental projects that were site-specific or collaborations with sculptors. She has joined forces with other filmmakers to make movement-based videos and narratives, some of which have been shown at festivals and galleries in the US and Europe. Her photography has been displayed in galleries and juried shows and can be easily found on the internet. Much of her work is about philosophy and systems of power.
Resume
Christy Walsh
730 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, New York 11222
646-388-3111
ristywalsh@gmail.com

Dance Teaching

Restoration Arts Academy: present (Brooklyn, NY) intermediate and advanced ballet, beginning/intermediate Horton, choreography for concerts and recitals.

Great Neck Arts Center: present (Flushing, NY) Latin dance for middle school students.

InCollaboration, Inc: April 2009 – present (New York, NY) Dance classes including ball-room; salsa, waltz for high school students.

Redshantree After School Program: January 2009 – present (Flushing, NY) Ballet/ basic movement for kids in Kindergarten – 2nd Grade.

Modern Dancers’ Co-Laboratory: 2005 – 2008 (San Antonio, TX) Modern and Yoga for professional dancers/ student workshops. Horton-based and Klien-influenced contemporary dance technique with an emphasis on corpse strength, agility and speed.

TJ’s Dance Factory: 2006 – 2007 (San Antonio, TX) Ballet, Pointe and Yoga for students aged 11 – 18, intermediate - advanced. Choreography for recital. Coaching for competitions.

Studio 10 Dance Studio: 2005 – 2007 (San Antonio, TX) Ballet and Pointe for students aged 8 – 16, beginning - advanced. Choreography for recital. Coaching for competitions.

San Antonio Dance Academy: 2005 – 2006 (San Antonio, TX) Advanced Ballet, students aged 14 – adult. Choreography for recital.

Guadalupe Dance Academy: July 2005, July 2006 (San Antonio, TX) Ballet for the summer intensive program, choreography for end-of-session performance.

Post School of Ballet: 2004 – 2005 (Salem, VA) Horton-based Modern and Jazz as well as substitute Ballet teacher for students aged 10-18. Choreographed dances for the end-of-year show.

Miss Patti's School of Dance: 2003 – 2004 (Midland Park, NJ) Ballet and Pointe teacher for students aged 7-16. Choreographed dances for the end-of-year show.

Steps On Broadway: 2003 – 2004 (New York, NY) Beginning-intermediate Ballet for adults’ open classes, substitute for Ballet and Jazz classes in the children's program. Variations coaching.

Ballet Academy of Forest Hills: 2000 (New York, NY) Substitute teacher for Ballet and Jazz classes for student aged 9-15.

NY City Public and Parochial Schools Dance and Music Program: 1998 – 2000 Beginning Ballet and Modern dance teacher for students aged 3-14.

Rochester Institute of Technology Dance Department: 1995 – 1996 (Rochester,
NY) Substitute teacher for beginning-intermediate Ballet classes as well as individual coaching of Pointe students.

Virginia Beach Ballet Academy: 1994 – 1998 (Virginia Beach, VA) Intermediate and advanced Ballet and Pointe for students aged 7-12, some advanced teenagers and beginning adults.

Performance

PAS Dance Troupe 2008 (Seoul, South Korea) contemporary jazz dances by Lee Chun Myung and Seo Soo Yeon.

Modern Dancer’s Co-Lab 2005 – present (San Antonio, TX) “Merging Modes”, Jump-start Performance Party, First Friday, Benefits for Baptist Children’s Hospital and Dora Ruffner’s daughters as well as performances with Dora Ruffner and Jayne King at local colleges and Radius Cafe.

San Antonio Metropolitan Ballet: 2005 – 2006 (San Antonio, TX) “The Merry Widow” (with Opera San Antonio), “La Boutique Fantasque”.

Southwest VA Ballet: 2004 – 2005 (Roanoke, VA) Modern choreography by Gabriel Otravel, Ballets by Elie Lazar and Terri Post, re-settings of classical ballets.

stringdance+media: 2001 – 2005 (New York, NY) Contemporary Ballet.

Rockolage/DanceCollage: 2002 – 2004 (Brooklyn, NY) Classical variations such as Don Quixote, Les Sylphides, and the Big Tchaikovsky Ballets as well as Vaganova- based ballet dances to Classic Rock tunes from the 70's by Directer AC Haley.

Metropolitan Repertory Ballet: 2001 – 2002 (New York/New Jersey) Ballet and jazz dances for operatic recitals and classical music concerts.

Arlington Ballet Theater: 2000 (Arlington, VA) The Nutcracker.

Saltare Dance Company: 1998 (Ronkonkoma, NY) Contemporary dances by Adeshola Akinlaye.

Richmond Performing Arts Collective: 1998 (Richmond and Charlottesville, VA) Modern dances by Ruth Feinblum and Kimber Philips.

Virginia Beach Ballet: 1994 – 1998 (Virginia Beach, VA) Ballet and modern dance. Choreography by Enrique and Ana Maria Martinez and Elbert Watson.

Cordova Dance Theater: 1994 (Norfolk, VA) Modern dances by Beverly Cordova - Duane.

Chamber Ballet of Williamsburg: 1994, 1996 (Williamsburg, VA) The Nutcracker.

Virginia Ballet Theater: 1988 – 1993 (Norfolk, VA) Ballet and Modern dances by Mary Marshall, Glenn White, Pat Sorrell, Gene Hammett, Frank + Janina Bove, Deborah Levitan- Thorpe, as well as classical ballets (Nutcracker, Les Sylphedes, etc.)

Choreography

Modern Dancers’ Co-Lab 2005 – 2007 (San Antonio, TX) Choreographic efforts for the collective of professional choreographers included site-specific dances and collaborations with sculptors and print-makers.

Southwest Contemporary Ballet 2005 – 2006 (San Antonio, TX)
Contemporary ballet/ post-modern dance company with a varied repertoire of dances that included theatrical story ballets and flamenco-influenced jazz dances.

Southwest VA Ballet (Roanoke, VA) Regional ballet company which commissioned the following.
2005 “Even/Same”; 14 dancers, contemporary ballet after Duchamp.
2002 “Summer Gathering”; 9 dancers, ballet influenced by Appalachia.

stringdance+media 2001 – present (Brooklyn, NY, Roanoke, VA, San Antonio, TX Seoul, South Korea) Contemporary ballet/ post-modern dance/ media group with a varied repertoire of dances/ performance art pieces that combine dance and video.

Richmond Performing Arts Collective 1998 (Richmond and Charlottesville, VA)
Choreographic efforts included classically-influenced modern dances and multi-media pieces.

Skinny Productions/ Virginia Beach Ballet 1997 (Richmond and Virginia
Beach, VA) Dances for the stage and for video.

RIT Dance Ensemble: 1996 (Rochester, NY) Choreography for student company.

Heartbreak Café: 1993 (Virginia Beach, VA) Contemporary jazz dances.

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University: 1996 – 1998 BFA Communication Arts and Design: Media Track
Rochester Institute of Technology: 1995 – 1996 Photo Illustration
Tidewater Community College 1993 – 1995 Associates of Applied Science; Photography/Design