UPCOMING PROJECTS

north carolina museum of art &

north carolina museum of natural sciences

collaboration

Christa is honored to collaborate with the North Carolina Museum of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences as part of this year’s Art in Bloom community celebration, presented by PNC Bank. Her work, Times of Refreshing will be performed at the event.

NORTH CAROLINA

MUSEUM OF ART

Christa is thrilled to return to the North Carolina Museum of Art with Times of Refreshing, a dynamic dance she choreographed for the Panoramic Dance Project. Inspired by Scripture and Ayub Ogada’s Kenyan folk song “Kothbiro,” the work blends diverse movement vocabularies with live African drumming to explore themes of identity, culture, and spiritual renewal. Through this performance, Christa invites audiences into a rich dialogue between sound and motion that reflects heritage, faith, and the transformative power of embodied expression.

For additional details, visit:
https://ncartmuseum.org/events/times-of-refreshing-2/

The Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD)

DUKE UNIVERSITY

Christa’s work will be part of this year’s Collegium for African Diaspora Dance (CADD) Conference at Duke University!

Black Being, Oh My Brother: Collaborative Phoenixing through Poetry, Dance, and Film, the panel she’s part of, explores how interdisciplinary collaboration across poetry, dance, film, and music becomes an act of Black phoenixing — a continual rebirth of storytelling through artistic innovation.

Through this collaboration, the team reimagines the poetry of North Carolina Poet Laureate Jackie Shelton Green through movement and sound, inviting audiences to experience Black stories in deeply embodied and expansive ways.

For additional details, visit:
https://www.cadd-online.org/2026-conference.html

Interdisciplinary

Performance Project

Featured at NC STATE’S

Hill Library

Christa’s interdisciplinary performance project, developed in collaboration with North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, Carol Fountain Nix, composer Peter Askim, vocalist Phillip Brandon, audio engineer Simon Tassano, and lighting designer Joshua Reaves, will be featured in the Cyma Rubin Visualization Gallery at the Hill Library on September 30, from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

For additional details, visit:
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/events/oh-my-brother-poetry-and-dance-nc-states-panoramic-dance-project

NORTH CAROLINA

DANCE FESTIVAL

25/26 SEASON

Christa's choreography has been selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Dance Festival’s Fall 2025 season!

The NC Dance Festival, a production of the Dance Project, is an annual touring showcase of modern and contemporary choreography by NC artists. The Festival establishes a network of venues for professional regional choreography and performance, expanding accessibility of dance throughout the state while raising the profile of North Carolina’s own artists. The North Carolina Dance Festival has been supported by state and local arts councils as well as local and national foundations and individual donations.

https://danceproject.org/ncdf-artists-2025/

NORTH CAROLINA

MUSEUM OF ART

Christa was invited to create new work for presentation at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Her choreography is inspired by Rodin’s The Cathedral.

https://ncartmuseum.org/events/still-moving-the-cathedral-as-interpreted-by-panoramic-dance-project/

About Still. Moving
This performance dance series explores the timeless works of the People’s Collection and loaned works through the lens of movement. Each object becomes a partner in a visual and physical dialogue as dancers interpret form, story, and silence with their bodies. Still. Moving reimagines the gallery as a stage where past and present meet and where the boundaries between objects and experience dissolve.

SELECTED PAST PROJECTS

THE COLOR PURPLE

Christa choreographed The Color Purple at Raleigh Little Theatre.

https://raleighlittletheatre.org/shows/color-purple/

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL

Christa choreographed Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at ZACH Theatre.

https://playbill.com/production/beautiful-the-carole-king-musical-regional-zachary-scott-theatre-center-zach-topfer-theatre-2024

Choreography Reel

COLLABORATION WITH NORTH CAROLINA POET LAUREATE JAKI SHELTON GREEN

Christa collaborated on an interdisciplinary project with North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, Carol Nix, Peter Askim, and Phillip Brandon. The piece premiered at the Stewart Theatre on March 20th.

https://news.dasa.ncsu.edu/panoramic-dance-project-spring-concert-showcases-cross-campus-collaboration/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabMvJovqHI7ErIj9uvKgSmmEyZoYxUvichZvt1X39mYxnaaKtiLdOOMC64_aem_1nHh6Kmntovg6bSKw7Ff7A

Presentation at the International Textile and Apparel Association 2024 Annual Conference

"Using CLO3D to Facilitate Design Collaboration"

Christa collaborated with Dr. Anne Porterfield from Wilson College of Textiles at NC State on a design and dance research project. Dr. Porterfield presented a poster on their behalf at the International Textile and Apparel Association 2024 Annual Conference.

THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO

Christa choreographed a piece for Zodiaque Dance Company’s spring concert. Zodiaque is a pre-professional dance company at the University at Buffalo comprised of dance majors.

https://www.ubcfa.org/events-exhibitions/dance/zodiaque-spring2024.html

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MUSICAL THEATER MASTER CLASS AT

ARTS TOGETHER

Christa was invited to join the summer teaching faculty at Arts Together, where she taught Musical Theatre Dance to students aged 13 and up.

COLLABORATION WITH WILSON COLLEGE OF TEXTILES

Christa collaborated with Wilson College of Textiles to design custom costumes for the Panoramic Dance Project’s spring 2024 concert.

https://textiles.ncsu.edu/news/2024/04/wilson-college-professor-partners-with-nc-states-panoramic-dance-project/

Photo Courtesy: Jillian Clark Photography

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