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Kristina Berger, from Washington D.C., has toured internationally as performer and teacher. She is a principal dancer with Erick Hawkins Dance Company, a founding member of SWATT, a recent member of Molissa Fenley & Dancers, and a teacher of the Horton Technique. She discovered her love of the Horton Technique as a scholarship student at Jacob's Pillow studying with Jimmy Truitte. Kristina has since performed as soloist with the Lester Horton Dance Theatre, Inc. under the direction of Don Martin, and worked as assistant/demonstrator to Milton Myers for several years.

Ms. Berger has been on dance faculty at Marymount Manhattan College for eight years. Other ongoing teaching credits include Steffi Nossen School of Dance and Performing Arts Center of Conn. with guest artist positions at La Guardia High School of Performing Arts, Taiwan National University of the Arts, University of Las Vegas, and most recently, guest choreographer for Boston Youth Moves' "Swellegance", honoring the legendary Tommy Tune.

She has danced with Joyce Trisler Danscompany and Washington Opera Ballet. Other adventures include solo guest artist as the first female "Hanuman The Monkey King" with Bali's foremost music and dance company, Semara Ratih, under NYC's Balinese American Dance Theatre and circus dancer with Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Kristina Berger was more impressive during several sections of the work, notably in the solo "(invisible house is female)." In her performances in "Here and Now" and "Cantilever," a work for four that explores architectural forms, Ms. Berger maintained the extreme power of strong positions while exuding a peaceful, free-flowing elasticity. For Hawkins's choreography, it was just the right kind of poetic juncture.
-- Gia Kourlas, NY Times, Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Erick Hawkins Dance Co. concert at 92nd St Y, Jan 9 2010

Class Description: Kristina's class approaches this art form with technical precision balanced with ease, flow and breath; intellectual thought patterns; and physical athleticism through the Horton vocabulary, the main focus being on MOVING and the vital collaboration between dancer and live music.
Whatever level, background, or age...the student will experience this as an art form that moves, breathes, and DANCES!

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