Gabri Christa is a Dutch performance artist, choreographer, professor, film-maker and writer.
12 Facts About Gabri Christa
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Gabri Christa is an associate professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College and the Director for the Movement Lab there.
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Gabri Christa was on the Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of the City of New York, appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio for a three-year term in 2015, until 2022.
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Gabri Christa received her BFA from the School of New Dance Development, Amsterdam in 1986 and she got her MFA in Dance, with an additional study in Anthropology, Ethno-musicology and Women Studies from the University of Washington in 1998.
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Gabri Christa began her career as a performer and choreographer, with critically acclaimed work Orangemelted in the Netherlands and then started working with Danza Contemporanea de Cuba in 1987.
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Gabri Christa further went on to becoming a founding member of DanzAbierta.
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Gabri Christa has been on the faculty of City University of New York College of Staten Island in the Performing and Creative Arts department.
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Gabri Christa has performed at the Symphony Space, Central Park Summer Stage, Lincoln Center Out of Doors and for five seasons at New York Live Arts.
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Gabri Christa's work, Dominata, was a multimedia piece of dance theater that used spoken word, video, dance and theatre to capture the emotions and issues surrounding immigration.
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Gabri Christa has produced and directed many short films that have been screened in galleries.
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Gabri Christa made the short film, Another building, which follows the Dutch African Diaspora and highlights historic buildings in connection to the different environments where people from different cultures reside.
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Gabri Christa published an essay in "A Life in Dance: A Practical Guide" called "The Wisdom Of Insecurity As a Guide To Music And Dance Collaboration".