About The Instructor:

Christina Lindhout (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, and director based in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to performing, teaching, and choreographing across the country, Christina is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Baldwin Wallace University, where she is the director of all BW Conservatory of Performing Arts Dance Series performances. With over 26 years of training in classical ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, and tap, she has danced professionally since she was 17 years old and has performed many principal roles both locally and internationally to critical acclaim. Before coming to BW, Christina performed as a Company Member with Ohio Contemporary Ballet, and served as the Director of Community Engagement at the Ohio Contemporary Ballet Center for Dance. In 2020, Christina premiered a full-length choreographic and directorial work, FEAST: a ballet, for which she and the creative team were awarded a Satellite Fund grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation through SPACES gallery. To date, FEAST has been the recipient of awards all over the world. Christina has also had choreography selected to be performed at Playhouse Square, Cleveland Public Theatre, Ohio Contemporary Ballet, Baldwin Wallace University, Cuyahoga County Community College, for the Brain Injury Association of Ohio, and as an official selection of the CAN Triennial. Christina is the recipient of a 2020 Akron Soul Train Fellowship, a 2022 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for Choreography, as well as the Summit Artspace Arts Alive Award as the 2023 Outstanding Artist in Dance.