Christina McKinney is an interdisciplinary dance artist who combines her passion for movement with media. She creates a kinesthetic connection between art forms by exploring dance through mediums such as film, photography, and graphic design. Her work is inspired by the question: How can one experience dance?

Christina was raised in Memphis, TN, but currently resides in Durham, NC, where she works as the Graphic Designer and Marketing Associate for the American Dance Festival. She received a BFA from the University of Memphis—along with the Creative Achievement Award for her research in dance and photography—and an MFA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University (TWU). At TWU, Christina served as the Digital Media Coordinator and a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Dance Division while researching choreographies of dance, filmmaking, and multimedia performance.

Christina’s choreography and media work has been featured in performances on both stage and screen at COCO Dance Festival (Trinidad and Tobago), DancingStrong Movement Lab (UK), the American College Dance Association (MS & TN), Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, the University of Memphis, Texas Woman’s University, and Julien Baker’s “Appointments” music video (2017). 

current projects:

• Kaleido — a dance film in collaboration with Tate J. Navarro (film festival circuit).

• 24-25 NC Dance Festival Artist in Residence