Christin Arthur

Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City/Alumni 2002

Christin Arthur embarked on her path toward a professional dance career with the Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age ten. Under the tutelage of Sharee Lane, she danced principal roles in the Ballet West Academy programs and corps de ballet roles as a Ballet West trainee.

She attended summer programs on full scholarship at the New Zealand School of Dance, Hong Kong International Ballet School, Berlin State Ballet School and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. After graduating from the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. in 2002, she joined the Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, South Korea, dancing classical roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Shim Chung, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, and the Nutcracker, as well as contemporary roles in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 7 and soloist roles in Brian Yoo’s Colors and Paganini Rhapsody.  She has danced as a guest artist with Les Grands Ballets Des Canadiens, Columbia Classical Ballet and South Carolina Contemporary Dance Company.

She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from George Mason University with degrees in global affairs and Chinese language. Christin is currently in her fifth season with Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. In addition, she is a certified gyrotonic and pilates instructor.