Chrissy Nelson

Chrissy Nelson is a dance artist, physical therapist, and movement educator.  Her current research involves - memory and stillness,  impulsivity and wild play - all found in her most recent work, "Spring Vacation."  Enjoying the communities that arise from intense study, Nelson taught at CI IA ’15 and ’16, and was part of the teaching faculty at the Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2015.  Nelson is adjunct faculty at CU-Boulder where she has taught Dance Improvisation, currently teaches Somatic Conditioning, and serves as the Co-Director of the Theater & Dance Wellness Program.  Highly influenced by Movement Fundamentals, and its founder, Jane Hawley, Nelson values CI as a foundation to the dance artist’s practice, and incorporates its principles into all of her movement-based teaching.  In addition to her teaching, Chrissy also directs The Field | Boulder, collaborates frequently with sound and visual artists, and has performed original works in PA, NY and CO. Chrissy received her MFA in dance from the University of Colorado Boulder, with a secondary emphasis in both Somatics and Improvisation in Performance.  She received her MPT from Ohio University in 1998.