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Portrait of Christopher looking into the camera. He wears a black shirt and a Navajo Turquoise necklace designed by Clarence Chama.
Portrait of Christopher looking into the camera. He wears a black shirt and a Navajo Turquoise necklace designed by Clarence Chama.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

  • Movement Research at The Judson Church
    • Judson Memorial Church, NY, 2021
  • Performance Mix Festival 35
    • 122 Community Center, NY, 2021
  • Dissolution
    • The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NY, 2021
  • The Immigrant Artist Biennial
    • Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2020
  • Movement Research Fall 2019 Festival: ComeUnion
    • Danspace Project, NY, 2019
  • Performance is Alive-Satellite Art Show
    • Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY, 2019
  • Crossing Boundaries,
    • Dixon Place, NY, 2019
  • Dance and Process (DAP),
    • The Kitchen, NY, 2019
  • The Draftwork Series,
    • Danspace Project, NY, 2019
  • Performance is Alive-Satellite Art Show
    • Miami Art Week, Miami FL, 2018
  • Crossing Boundaries,
    • Dixon Place, NY, 2018
  • International Human Rights Art Festival,
    • The Wild Project, NY, 2018
  • Battery Dance Festival,
    • Battery Park, New York, 2018
  • Performance Mix Festival 32,
    • University Settlement NY, 2018
  • Movement Research at The Judson Church,
    • Judson Memorial Church, NY, 2018

RESIDENCIES 

  • Jack Nusbaum Artist ResidencyBAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), NY, 2022
  • Renewal Residency, Danspace Project, NY, 2021
  • Movement Research Mertz Gilmore Foundation Artist-In-Residence, NY, 2020-2021
  • Center for Performance Research Artist-In-Residence, NY, 2020-2021
  • DAP (Dance And Process), The Kitchen, NY, 2019
  • Battery Dance Space Grant, NY, 2017-2019
  • LiftOff, New Dance Alliance, NY, 2018

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS

  • City Artist Corps Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in partnership with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), NY, 2021
  • Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY, 2021
  • Sustainability of Practice Fund for BIPOC Artists, Movement Research, 2021
  • Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship Finalist, 2021
  • Artist Relief Grant, Consortium of nonprofits including Academy of American Poets, Artadia, Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, National YoungArts Foundation, and United States Artists, 2020
  •  Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NY, 2019
  • Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art Fellowship, NY, 2018/2019

COLLABORATIONS (Selected works as performer)

  • La Procession, Nacera Belaza
    • Danspace Project, Platform 2020: Utterances From The Chorus, NY, 2020
  • Dressing Up For Civil Rights, William Pope L
    • member: Pope L, 1978-2001, MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2020
  • Cuerpos de Luz by Arantxa Araujo
    • Grace Exhibition Space/LuminXspace, NY, 201

EDUCATION

  • BFA in Science in Performing Arts
    • National University, Costa Rica, 2006