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Kristin Dexnis, Artistic Director * kristin@dexdance.com
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Kristin Dexnis is the artistic director of DeXdance. As a proud native of New Jersey, she graduated magna cum laude from Monmouth University and attended The Ailey School in NYC. Kristin was awarded a full scholarship to the Paul Taylor Intensive the summer of 2006. She’s studied choreography under the direction of Neil Greenburg, Alexandra Beller, and Sara Pearson/Patrik Widrig Dance among others. Ms. Dexnis also attended choreography retreats at Bearnstow in Mt. Vernon, ME under Claire Porter and Ruth Grauert. In addition to dancing with her company, Ms. Dexnis had the pleasure of working and performing with: High Frequency Wavelengths Dance Company, Geraldine Cardell, Charly Wenzel & Dancers, Gehring Dance Theatre, Jessica Danser/ dansfolk, T. Lion Dance/Body Stories, and Germaul Barnes/ Viewsic Expressions. She founded DeXdance in 2003, and has since created over 20 works performed in traditional to non-traditional spaces. Ms. Dexnis is also the artistic director of Basically Ballet Studio in NJ where she enjoys educating the community about modern dance as well as teaching ballet and modern. She is on the faculty of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and is a professor of dance at Monmouth University.