CHRISTIAN DENICE

Christian Denice is a dancer and choreographer originally from Los Angeles, California. His professional dance experience includes Odyssey Dance Theatre, River North Dance Chicago, BJM Danse (Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal), High School Musical 2, "The Little Prince" on Broadway, and currently Christian dances for Andonis Foniadakis Dance Company based in Athens, Greece. Christian was named one of the top ten male dancers of 2010 by Time Out Chicago and recognized as a notable Chicago dancer of 2010 by the Chicago Tribune. As a choreographer, he has created new works for such companies and organizations as Cincinnati Ballet, Moving Arts with dancers of Kansas City Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet, Chamber Dance Project, University of Missouri Kansas City, Ballet22, Marigny Opera Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Odyssey Dance Theatre, DanceWorks Chicago, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Western Michigan University, Modern America Dance Company, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Eisenhower Dance Detroit, Houston Contemporary Dance Company, Wright State University, Kit Modus, Dance Lab New York, Santa Barbara City College, Manhattanville College, and Dreyfoos School for the Arts. As a dance educator, Christian brings his movement language both nationally and internationally, and has been on faculty with Modas Dance, Open Doors Dance Festival, EPIC Dance Utah, Eisenhower Dance Detroit NEWdanceFEST, Kansas City Jazz Dance Fest, DanceWorks Chicago Dance360, AXIS Connect Los Angeles, Peridance Center in New York City, and SALT Dance Link Festival. Christian recently was one of the choreographers selected for the Kennesaw State University 2023 Summer Residency as well as a recipient of  the 2023 Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts Makers Space Experience residency. He is the 2015 winner of the University of South Florida's Echo Choreographic Competition and was selected as one of the three choreographers for the Joffrey Academy's Winning Works Choreographic competition in 2016.