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Since his departure from the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Christopher has worked as a freelance artist for the past sixteen years. As a dancer, teacher and choreographer he has worked in five European countries, Japan and throughout the U.S. He has choreographed for several dance companie, High Schools, and Universities to include Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, The Alvin Ailey School, Renaissance High School, CASS Tech of Detroit, MI, Howard University, Spelman College, Florida State University, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, University of Oaklahoma, Grambling University, Opus Dance Theatre, Movement Dance Theatre of Kingston, Jamaica, Oslo Dance Enseble,Olso Norway and most recently Gus Giordano Dance in Chicago. Born in Boston, MA, he trained under the Andrea Hubert Major, Danny Sloan and Martha Gray. He attended the State University of New York at Purchase and the Julliard School at Lincoln Center in New York. Christopher has appeared as a guest artist for several dance companies in the U.S and abroad. He was a featured performer for the Essence Awards, Broadway's A FEW GOOD MEN and Debbie Allen's musical Soul Possessed at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, GA. Christopher is the 2002 recipent of the Ira Aldridge Award for best choreography from the Black Theatre Alliance in Chicago for his work Enemy Behind the Gates for Phildanco. Christopher is scheduled to work with Broadway ledgend, Hinton Battle on the movie Bolden. |