Gabri Christa

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Gabri Christa

Magdalena is an intimate multimedia solo work. Utilizing storytelling, visuals, and dance, Gabri reveals a deeply personal account of experiencing her Dutch mother's dementia, and an effort to piece together her past, marked by struggles with war, interracial marriage, and unconventional motherhood.

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Gabri Christa is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Dance department at Barnard College. She has an extensive range of professional dance and film experience and has been widely recognized for her choreography and multimedia work. Awards include the Guggenheim for Choreography and an ABC television award for Creative Excellence. Her written works center dance and film.

Selected Works

Savoneta

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Savoneta

Gabri Christa

Dance, plantation, slavery, African-American history

www.gabrichrista.com

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Quarantine

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Quarantine

Gabri Christa

Dance, Slavery, African history

www.gabrichrista.com

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ANOTHER BUILDING dancing: Making Quarantine and Savoneta

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ANOTHER BUILDING dancing: Making Quarantine and Savoneta

Gabri Christa

Storytelling through dance, slave trade, design, history

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