Gabri Christa | |
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Born | Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean |
Nationality | Dutch |
Education | BFA MFA in Dance |
Occupation(s) | Performance artist, choreographer, professor, film-maker and writer |
Spouse | Vernon Reid |
Career | |
Former groups | Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, DanzAbierta, and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company |
Website | https://www.gabrichrista.com/ |
Gabri Christa is a Dutch performance artist, choreographer, professor, film-maker and writer. She is an associate professor of Professional Practice at Barnard College and also the Director for the Movement Lab there.[1]
Christa is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health[2] and received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography.[3] She is affiliated with the New York Women in Film and Television,[4] is on the board for Dance Theatre Workshop and on the advisory board for Dance/NYC. She was also 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.[5]