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Christina Hardy		Director of Dance and Choreographer
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Christina Hardy - Director of Dance and Choreographer

Christina Hardy joined the Arts Enter staff as its lead dance instructor and choreographer in 2006 after an extensive job search among the top dance programs in the country. Her arrival signaled a change in direction of the Arts Enter Dance Department.

A recent honors graduate of Butler University in Indiana, Christina earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Pedagogy, which is the specific study of dance education. She has performed and traveled throughout the US, and has been hired to dance premiere roles including Odette in Swan Lake. She performed the coveted role of Sugar Plum Fairy in the 2005 Nutcracker at Butler University with her long time dance partner Brandon Ragland who will be a guest artist throughout the year at Arts Enter.

Christina studied in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2005 and at the Julliard Summer Dance Intensive in 2001 and 2002. She has just returned this summer from a Summer Intensive in Poland and has performed and studied with Alberto Alonso of the National Ballet of Cuba. As the chapter president of Sigma Rho Delta, national Dance Fraternity, she has organized fund raising events for community outreach.

She is the recipient of the Butler Ballet?s Outstanding Performance Award and Butler Ballet?s Leadership Award. She impressed the Arts Enter search committee with her innovative ideas, upbeat outlook, and teaching skills during the intensive interview process for the position. Arts Enter is happy and proud to announce a new season and a rejuvenated Dance Program focusing on technique, fitness and high quality teaching.

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