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Christina Burton is a Kansas City based Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher, and Musical Theater performer. She is on the dance faculty at the UMKC Conservatory, theater & dance faculty at The University of Central Missouri, and a teaching artists at the Kansas City Ballet School. Christina graduated from the University of Missouri in Kansas City Conservatory with a BFA in Dance and an Emphasis in Musical Theatre. Christina is member of Actors Equity Association and is represented by Exposure Model and Talent Agency. She is certified in the Giordano Jazz Technique through the Nan Giordano Certification Program® and a certified DANCEFIX instructor. Regional musical theatre credits include: Godspell, Broadway and All that Jazz, Billboard Blockbusters, That Old Black Magic, I’ve Got a Crush on Your, You’ve Got a Friend, Unchained Melody, The Dawning of Aquarius, Sing Out Sister, Tin Pan Alley, Judy Barbra Liza!, Mary Poppins, Everyday Rapture(Regional Premier) Cinderella , 1776, Kiss Me Kate, The Man of La Mancha, The Most Happy Fella, Pippin, Footloose, Working, Grease, Cats, Jekyll and Hyde and more. Christina has been a Guest Artist for Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company where she worked with Donald McKayle on his famed classic Games, and has been featured in adds for Lee Jeans and Rock & Republic. As well as commercials for Mazuma Credit Union and Brown Mackie College. She has choreographed and performed in numerous industrials with EPIC Entertainment Inc. and is the director/choreographer for Starlight Theatre’s Starlight STARS program. Her choreography credits include: H.O.T. The Musical (World Premiere), Disney’s The Newsies (Associate/NTR/White Theater), West Side Story (Assistant/Starlight Theatre), Hairspray (Associate/Starlight Theatre) The Wizard of Oz (Assistant/ Starlight Theatre) Joseph ... Dreamcoat (Assistant/NTR) Godspell (Associate/ Starlight), On Your Feet (Assistant/Starlight and MUNY), Legally Blonde (Assistant/ Starlight) Christmas Cabaret, Jekyll and Hyde, Blood Brothers, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Working, The Most Happy Fella, Grease, Xanadu, 2 by 5, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Hands on a Hard Body, Title of Show, A Spectacular Christmas, Vegas Baby!, A Grand Night For Singing, I Got Rhythm, The Kansas City Youth Ballet, UMKC Faculty Dance Concerts, Starlight Theatre’s Blue Star Awards, Starlight’s Children’s Theatre production of Disney’s Aladdin at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City and AMC’s Wanda Gala in Beijing. Christina recently received the Outstanding Choreographer Award at Youth America Grand Prix. Catch her choreography in the upcoming productions of Into The Woods (UMKC Conservatory), School of Rock (Starlight Theater), and West Side Story (The White Theater).