Christian Burns, Choreographer/Co-Artistic Director,
The Foundry
Christian has been teaching, choreographing and performing a wide range of work in companies and schools around the United States, Europe and Asia since 1995. He has pursued a particular interest in various forms of improvisation, working with such acclaimed artists as Kirstie Simson, Chris Aiken and William Forsythe, among others.
In 1998, Christian co-founded a dance company known as The Foundry, which has been Artist-in-Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts (2001-03), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2002-03), The Yard (2003), Santa Fe Art Institute (2004), and the Taipei Artist Village (2005). He continues to co-direct and perform with The Foundry, along with his other pursuits.
Christian has been honored with a McKnight Artist Fellowship for Dancers in 1997, a Moving Pictures’ Paula Citron Award for Choreography in 2001, and a Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography in 2003.
After completing his formal training at the School of American Ballet in New York City in 1993, he danced and choreographed as a member of the James Sewell Ballet (1993-98) and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet (1999-2002). Currently based in Holyoake, Massachussets, Christian will be back in 2008 for his fourth consecutive summer intensive at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance.