CHRISTIE SULLIVAN |
Christie Sullivan, a Dallas native, received her initial training at Ballet Dallas under the direction of Thom Clower. She has studied with the Paul Taylor II Dance Company, and earned a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Her performance credits include works by Laura Dean, Margie Gillis, Lar Lubovitch, Agnes de Mille, Helen Tamiris, Paul Taylor, and Bruce Wood. She has performed with Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Pointe Dance Academy of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, LaHunter InFlight Dance Theater, and Bruce Wood Dance Company. As a member of the Bruce Wood Dance Company for nine seasons, she has performed extensively across the United States during their national touring program. She can also be seen as a dancer in the Barney Home Video Let’s Make Music.
As a choreographer, her choreography has been showcased at DIFFA: Dallas Collection XV, The Hockaday School, Repertory Company Theater and Texas Ballet Theater School Junior Ensemble. And, she also served as choreographer’s assistant for Bruce Wood in setting the piece, Rheology for Texas Ballet Theater.
As a successful teacher, Christie is an instructor at Preston Center Dance, and the Texas Ballet Theater School, Fort Worth campus. In 2007, she also joined the Fine Arts faculty at The Hockaday School following the birth of her beautiful son, Daniel Joseph Sullivan IV. Christie would like to thank her family and especially her husband, DJ, for their undying support.