Kristi Tartaglione Children & Teens Bio

Kristi Tartaglione, a performating and visual artist, has been teaching dance throughout the tristate area for the past 10 years. Her focus has recently shifted to acrobatics technique and conditioning. She is a graduate of Eugene Lang The New School for liberal arts, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in dance. Lang’s unique structure and academics allowed her to curate a course of study focused on teaching and choreography

Kristi’s classroom is a high energy environment that uses strength and technique to facilitate a fusion between acrobatics and dance. Class will include drills to improve tumbling and limbering skills allowing students to excel on and off the mat. Students will engage in improvisational exercises and choreographic practices to prepare them for seamless transitions between acrobatic skills and choreography in various genres. She strives to make her classroom accessible and challenging to all levels and abilities, an environment in which the students understand their body which results in a smarter more capable dancer.

Over the course of her ever evolving career she’s had the privilege of dancing works by Rebecca Stenn, Neil Greenburg, Shirleen Quigly, Merceditas Manza Manago-Alexander, Lacina Coulibaly, Karla Wolfangle, Miri L. Park, and Evan J. Rapport. As well as showcasing her own work at Mark Morris, Tishman Theater, The Tank, NYLA, and Actors Fund Center. She continues to have the privilege of training and working with some of the most esteemed choreographers in NYC and LA.

She is currently on staff at Broadway Dance Center’s Children and Teen Program, The Tate Academy, Dance World Academy, New Jersey Dance Fusion, Northeast Dance Project, and Queens Dance Academy. She hopes her work with children allows them a safe space to explore themselves and dive deep into issues both in and out of the studio.