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MFAin choreography specializing in production fromtheCalArts SharonDisney Lund School ofDance. She earned herBAinDance with a focus in choreography fromTexasWoman’sUniversity. She has performedworks by renowned choreographersMichael Foley, RobertBattle,AdamHougland, JohnMead,DougElkins, Luis Montero and LarryKeigwin.Ms.Nelson’s artisticwork is deeply rooted in collaboration and improvisationwhile developed from social issues, deconstruction, exploring character aswell as drawing frompersonal and interpersonal experiences.Noted commissioned soloswithMaryWilliford-Shade,Megan Yankee, L.Brooke Schlecte andAndrewWojtal.


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Residencies include Feldstärke International 09, atCentQuatre Paris, France; Pact ZollvereinEssen,Germany; andCalArts Los Angeles,California.Christie has continuously upheld her creative scholarshipwhile teaching, andmakesworkwith collaborators across theUnited States aswell as newworkswith artists in her col- laborative collective,GridArts.Christie is currently a guest artist and collaboratorwith companies;Out on a LimbDanceCompany (Waco/Dallas),BigRigDanceCollective (Denton, TX), and TheBell House (Tulsa,OK).CurrentlyChristie resides inDallas, Texas and is on faculty at TexasWoman’sUniversity andCollinCollege.Christie also holds her 200hrRYT YogaCertification and is registered through YogaAlliance.Ms.Nelson is the newest staffmemberwith the DanceCouncil ofNorth Texas, as theAdvertisingManager.


DCNT Announces Addition of Christie Nelson to Staff


native ofDallas, Texas,ChristieNelson is a choreogra-


pher, improviser and educatorwhosework has been pre- sented nationally and internationally.Christie earned an


Pictured: ChristieNelson. Photo: Jesse Scroggins


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a publication of the dance council of north texas vol 18 • no 3


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