09/24/2023
Christina Wurz
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Christina is from New York City and classically trained in ballet and modern. She still performs with NWB and other local dance companies. Past roles with New West Ballet include Titania in Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Arabian Princess, French Marzipan, Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker. Miss Christina is originally from the Bronx, NY and started her training at the Bronx Dance Theater. From there she attended the famous New York City High school of Performing Arts and graduated with a Regents diploma. She was a student of John Magnus, Eleanor D’Antuono, and Dorothy Lister, among others, during years of intensive study at the Joffrey Ballet School in Manhattan. Furthermore, she completed her formal dance education with a B.F.A. in dance at the University of Hartford, Hartt School in Connecticut. There she was trained by the world famous ballerina Alla Osipenko and Martha Graham protégé Peggy Lyman. Some of her other accomplishments include Mojalet Core Group, Full Force Dance Theater, BalletNeo, San Diego Dance Theater, Terry Wilson and Dancers, Burklyn Ballet Theater, Dance Connecticut’s Touring Ensemble and West Coast Ballet Theater. Miss Christina is happy to be a part of this wonderful company and is excited to continue to grow with this studio and with you! Her goal is to impart great technique, passion and joy of the art form to all who walk through our doors.