Theater Jazz Workshop with Christina Belinsky
Saturday, April 4 | 9:30 – 11 am
$18/$16 college students & seniors, or a card punch
Christina is a dancer, choreographer, film-maker, producer, and dance educator based in the Western Mountains of Maine. She is a graduate of Dean College with an A.A. in Dance and the Trustees Prize in Dance and University of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Modern Dance Performance and the award for Most Outstanding Performance in Modern Dance. Her career spans many genres of dance from ballet to musical theater, concert dance to television and film. Professional regional theater credits include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol, Footloose, The Producers, Sweet Charity, Seussical: The Musical, Charlotte’s Web, and the NYC industry reading of “Woody: A New Fairytale”. Christina has performed all over the US, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Russia, Israel, and Tokyo’s TheatreOrb with the International tour of The Aluminum Show (’10-’13 Dance Captain/Swing, ’25 Tour Producer), the National tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Dance Captain/Swing) directed and choreographed by Tony-Award-winner Andy Blankenbuehler, and the 1st Broadway National Tour of Finding Neverland (Ensemble/ Peter Pan cover) directed by Diane Paulus with choreography by Mia Michaels. TV and film credits include HBO’s The Gilded Age Seasons 1-3, Westworld, Dance Mom’s, MTV, HGTV, and various commercials. She has had the honor of working with industry leaders such as Karla Puno Garcia, Nancy Braun, Stephanie Klemmons, Joey Pizzi, and John Carrafa.Christina’s choreography has been presented at Philadelphia’s Drake Theater, The Tank NYC, The Muse Brooklyn, New Hampshire’s Majestic Theater and Palace Theatre, Boston’s Dance Complex and Third Life Choreographers’ Series and the Built On Stilts Performing Arts Festival on Martha’s Vineyard. Her work has been funded by the 2023 New England Dance Fund Choreographer’s Grant and the 2024 Maine Arts Commission Artist Springboard Grant. Additional credits include Off-Broadway NYC Children’s Theater (Asst. Choreographer), LALIGA at Hudson Yards NYC (Associate Choreographer). Christina has been a guest teacher at Broadway Dance Center, Think Tank NYC, New York City’s Stage Door Connections, and various universities, studios, and dance conventions throughout the country.
Christina is the founder of the annual Artists in Motion Film Festival at The Gem Theater in Bethel, Maine. Christina’s dance films have been featured at the 50th Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, SXSW Music and Film Festival, LA Dance Film Festival, Dance Filmmaking (Top Ten of the Year), Acadia Dance Festival (Audience Choice Award), and more. As the cinematographer of the Boston-based dance company ‘RootsUprising’ with artistic direction by Nailah Randall-Bellinger, their dance film collaborations have been commissioned by Harvard University Committee on the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, and CambridgeArts.
Christina is the proud creator of Artists In Motion Apparel, an upcycled, hand-silk-screen-printed dance studio-to-streetwear clothing brand promoting sustainability, creativity, and community. @artistsinmotionapparel Christina is a member of Actors’ Equity, SAG/AFTRA and Impact Dance Adjudicators. www.ChristinaBelinsky.com
Class description: Christina’s theater jazz class focuses on storytelling and character development through musicality, texture, and style. Class begins with a strong technical warm-up that connects breath to movement and expands the dancer’s kinesphere. Christina encourages each dancer to explore their artistic voice as a performer through both across-the-floor exercises and a center combination in a supportive environment. Much like musical theater today, the class vocabulary draws inspiration from all genres of dance and music to help transport the dancer and audience to a specific place, era, and feeling. The goal is for dancers to leave class with a basic knowledge of character development through movement and confidence in their performance.