Cristina Perera
EDUCATION
Dance Education:
Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Salle Pleyel, Paris – France
London Contemporary Dance School, London – UK
Alvin Ailey (Full Merit Scholarship), NY – USA
New York Conservatory of Dance, NY – USA
Teachers Ballet:
Tatiana Leskova, Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
Goube- Paris Opera, Salle Pleyel, Paris – France
Messerer (Bolshoi Ballet), London – UK
Vladimir Dokoudovsky, Conservatory of Dance, New York – USA
Teachers Modern:
Jane Dudley, London, UK
Carol Fried, Denis Jefferson, Milton Myers, New York – United States
Diane Gray, ADF, North Carolina – United States
Teachers Jazz:
Bruce Taylor, American Dance Festival, North Carolina, United States
Miguel Godreau, Fred Benjamin, NY, USA
SKILLS
Dance
– Ballet
– Modern Dance
– Contemporary
– Dance Theater
– Horton
DIRECTOR
MITOS – Dance Short Video Film 2023
Concept / Choreography / Director
Babilonia – Brazil
WHITE DREAMS – Dance Video 2020
Concept / Choreography / Director
Berlin – Germany
AMOR – Dance Video 2020
Concept / Choreography / Director
Berlin – Germany
DANCE VIDEO LUX EX UMBRA 2018
Concept / Co-Director (with Gregor Erler) / Choreographer / Producer
Berlin – Germany
DANCE GALA- APPOLO TYERS 2013
Director / Choreographer
New Delhi – India
BALLET FESTIVAL SARAJEVO – INSIDE OUT 2012
Concept / Director / Choreographer / Dancer
National Theater Sarajevo – Bosnia
TOUCH BASE 2010
Concept / Director / Choreographer / Dancer
Homage to Stravinsky
A- Trane Berlin- Germany
BERLIN MASTER PROJECT 2010
Concept / Artistic Director / Choreographer
Berlin- Germany
PRIZE WINNER FUNARTE 2009
Aesthetics Interactions
Concept / Artistic Director / Choreographer
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL – ALEGRIA 2008
Artistic Director
South American Tour
RESGATES 2008
Cia De MOVIMENTO
Artistic Director / Choreographer
Brasil
CHOREOGRAPHER
Dance Pieces
Acqua Colonia N. 4711 2019
Concept – Choreography
Austrian and German Tour
STALLICHE BALLET SCHOOL 2018
Breath Taken / Suspiria
Berlin – Germany
LUX EX UMBRA 2018
Idea, Concept, co-writer, co-director (with Gregor Erler), choreographer, producer.
Berlin – Germany
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE 2017
Master Choreographers
Radical Severance
Pennsylvania – USA
BRASILIENSE DANCE COMPANY (CBD) 2017
Discord
Detaching from Desire
Brasilia – Brazil
DANCE ACADEMY BALANCE 1
2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023
Graduate Program Performances
Berlin – Germany
HAPPENDANCE COMPANY 2012
Thoughts of Love and Loss
Michigan – USA
MAXIM’S DANCE COMPANY 2009
Trusting
Brno – Czech Republic
CAMALEON THEATER 2006
E Moment Production
Berlin- Germany
HOUSE OF WORLD CULTURES 2005/2004
Youth Integration Project
Berlin- Germany
WORLD PEACE ORGANIZATION 2004
The Tempest / Ismael Ivo, Marcia Haydee
Assistant Choreographer
Bangkok – Thailand
DANCE THEATER BRALEN 2003
No More
Bratislava – Slovakia
DANCE THEATER BRALEN 2001
Letting Go
Bratislava – Slovakia
DANZA CONTEMPORANEA DE CUBA 2000
Work in Progress
Havana – Cuba
VIVACE DANCE ART 1999
Hard Times
Berlin – Germany
BALLET BUILDERS 1999
Duo Under Time
New York-USA
DANCE THEATER BRALEN 1997
Under Time
Bratislava – Slovakia
DANCE THEATER VIENNA 1997
Close Encounters
Vienna – Austria
SOMETHING LIKE IT 1992
Munster – Germany
DANZA TEATRO ARTEVARIA 1991
Dia Baram / Burning up
Torino – Italy
SINGAPORE DANCE THEATER 1990
Introspection co – Choreographer
Singapore – Singapore
CHOREOGRAPHER
Musicals
EINE STIMME FUER DEUTSCHLAND 2021/2022
Neukoellner Oper
Berlin – Germany
WEST SIDE STORY 2000
John Jay Theater
New York – USA
TABALUGA AND LILI (PETER MAFAY) 1999
Teatro Centro
Oberhausen – Germany
MUSICAL SHOWCASE 1996/97
Performing Arts Studio
Vienna-Austria
FAME 1996
Summer Theater Camp
New York – USA
INTO THE WOODS 1994
Ruhala Dance Company
New York – USA
MUSIC VIDEO / FILM
MEPHISTO´S DANCE – Art Film 2024
Concept / Choreography / Director
Berlin – Germany
MITOS – Dance Short Video Film 2023
Concept / Choreography / Director
Babilonia – Brazil
WHITE DREAMS – Dance Video 2020
Concept / Choreography / Director
Berlin – Germany
AMOR – Dance Video 2020
Concept / Choreography / Director
Berlin – Germany
LUX EX UMBRA 2018
Idea, Concept, Co-Director (with Gregor Erler), Choreographer, Producer
Berlin – Germany
TARJA TURUNEN 2013
Victim of Ritual
Berlin-Germany
JULY 2011
addictive
Universal Records Berlin- Germany
EINTANZER (FILM) 2007
written & directed by Gregor Erler
Film Academy Baden Wuerttemberg
Berlin- Germany
SUGARPLUM FAIRY 2006
GMBH Berlin- Germany
BELA B
Feat 1.2.3 …
Q Film Production
Hamburg -Berlin- Germany
COMMERCIAL / FASHION SHOW
NIVEA 2009
Tempomedia Film Production GMBH
Hamburg- Germany
CMS FAIR 2009
Nilfisk- Alto
Berlin- Germany
PRADA 2005
Motion Picture GMBH Directed by Ridley Scott
Berlin- Germany
BMW FASHION SHOW 2004
BMW / Munich- Germany
TRANSPORT AND LOGISTIC FAIR / FAIR 2003
DHL Munich- Germany
INTERNATIONAL FASHION REVIEW 2003
Agency Rachle
Austrian Tour
PERFORMER / DANCER
Companies / Production
BAGDAD CAFÉ 2005
By Percy Adlon
Paris- France / French – German tour
HOUSE OF WORLD CULTURES 2004
Black Atlantic Berlin City Tour
Role- Josephine Baker
Berlin- Germany
HOUSE OF WORLD CULTURES 2004
OLHOS D’AGUA
Role- Soloist
Berlin- Germany
TEATRO PICCINNI DI BARI 2004
Orpheus and Eurydice
Role-Eurydice / Orpheus ISMAEL IVO
Italy
BERLINER ENSEMBLE AND THEATERHAUS STUTTGART 2002
OEDIPUS / by George Tabori
Role-Antigone / Marcia Haydee – Iocaste
Berlin- Stuttgart- Germany
DANCE THEATER WIEN 1996/97
Liz King Dance Company
Role-Soloist
Vienna-Austria
STATE THEATER IN MUENSTER 1992
Birgitta Drummer (director)
Role- Principal- LULU
Munster- Germany
LES BALLET JAZZ DE MONTREAL 1991/1992
Genevieve Salbaing (director)
Role- Soloist
Montreal- Canada
CLOSING NOTICE FILM 1990
Donald Byrd (Choreographer)
Actress / Dancer – Soloist
New York – USA
JAMISON PROJECT 1989/1991
Judith Jamison / Alvin Ailey (director)
Role-Soloist
New York – USA
DANCE EXPRESS 1989
Michael Mao (director)
Role-Soloist
New York – USA
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA 1988/1989
NIXON IN CHINA / by Peter Sellers
Mark Morris (choreographer)
Role-Soloist
USA and European Tour
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND NETHERLANDS OPERA 1987/1988
CIVIL WARS / by Robert Wilson
Ulysses Dove (choreographer)
Role Principal – The Rain Priestess
New York- USA and Amsterdam- Holland
CAPRIOLI DANCE COMPANY 1985
Role- Soloist
Stockholm- Sweden
FUSION DANCE COMPANY 1983
Wally Lord (director)
Role-Soloist
Miami- USA
FLEMMING FLINDT DANCE COMPANY 1980/1982
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH / by Ionesco
Role – Soloist
SALOME / by Flemming Flindt
Role- Soloist
Copenhagen- Denmark
MUNICIPAL THEATER OF RIO DE JANEIRO
AMAZONIC FOREST / by Frederic Ashton
Role- Soloist
Brazilian Tour
Brazil
TEACHER / SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS
Berlin University of the Arts 2018/2019/2021
Modern classes, Jazz, Repertoire – Berlin – Germany
Balance1 2011–2023 – Berlin – Germany
Horton, Ballet, Choreography, Aestehtics plus Choreographic Pieces
for the yearly graduation program
Music/Dance Conservatory of Coimbra 2019
Contemporary Horton Workshop Coimbra – Portugal
Dancers‘ Up 2019
Contemporary Horton Workshop – Coimbra – Portugal
Wojtasik Dance School 2018
Choreographic workshop – Luneburg – Germany
CEFART 2018
Master Classes in Horton Technique, Coaching, Dance Theater – Belo Horizonte – Brazil
Gina Workshop Dance Institute 2018
Ballet, Floor barre, Partnering, Repertoire – Hamburg – Germany
Temple University 2017
Master Class Horton Technique – Philadelphia – USA
Balance 1 2011 – 2018
Educational Program – Ballet, Horton Technique, Partnering and Composition – Berlin – Germany
Muhlenberg College 2016
Master Class – Ballet – Pennsylvania – USA
The Edge LA 2013 – 2015
Ballet Educational Program and Professional Ballet Classes – Los Angeles – USA
FUNARTE (National Foundation for the Arts) 2013
Theater Cacilda Becker, Dance Jury Program – Rio de Janeiro – Brasil
Balet Fest Sarajevo Bosnia 2012
National Theater of Sarajevo – Master Classes in Ballet and Horton Technique – Sarajevo – Bosnia
Cirque du Soleil Auditions / London / Brussels / Praha / Berlin 2009-2007
Casting partner
Artevaria Italy 2009
Modern, Jazz, / Choreographic Workshops – Montepulciano – Toscana Italy
MAXIM Dance Company 2008/2009
Workshop – Modern, Repertoire – Brno – Czech Republic
Dance Festival BRALEN 2007/08/09
Ballet, Modern, Summer Workshop – Bratislava – Slovakia
RCPA CENTER OF PERFORMING ARTS USA 2007/08
Modern, Dance Theater and Ballet – Michigan – USA Workshops
Dance in Bolzano 2004 – 2002
Festival, Jazz / Horton Technique – Bolzano – Italy
Friedrichstadtpalast 2002
Workshop in Horton Technique – Berlin – Germany
Bratislava Dance Festival 2002
Horton Technique Workshop – Bratislava – Slovakia
Impulse dance 2002
Dance Festival – Horton Technique – Vienna – Austria
Vienna Dance Academy
Horton Technique – Vienna – Austria
Performing Arts Studio Vienna
Ballet, Horton, Jazz – Vienna – Austria
Duncan Dance Center
Horton Technique – Workshop – Praha – Czech Republic
Weimar National Theater
Ballet Master Classes plus Horton Technique classes – Weimar – Germany
Ballet Academy Stockholm
Ballet Classes – Stockholm – Sweden
Noes Dance Center
Ballet Classes – Rotterdam- Netherlands
Westchester Council for the Arts
Teaching Dance in Education Program – New York – United States
SUNY PURCHASE UNIVERSITY
Ballet Classes – New York – USA
State School of Ballet Athens
Ballet – Vaganova – Athens – Greece
Danza Teatro Artevaria
Horton Technique, Jazz – Torino – Italy
Languages : Fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German