Christina Gesualdi
Christina Gesualdi is a Philly-based dancer, choreographer, and yoga teacher. She is in love with the way Yoga makes space for pluralism, subtlety, (and to use poet C.A. Conrad's title) "deviant propulsion" of the self. She has taught Yoga for over 10 years and has had over 400hrs of Yoga teacher training. She has studied under Marie Ireola, Nicole Bindler, and Dawn Mehan. She teaches senior citizens, undergraduates, and students of all levels at various gyms, Temple University and University of the Arts. She has also led embodied presence Yoga classes for kids at Neighborhood Bike Works Summer Cycling Camp and Girl's Rock Philly Summer Camp.
Christina is an artist in residence at Mascher Space Co-op. She has performed with Nicole Bindler, Meg Foley, Annie Wilson, Curt Haworth, Zornitsa Stoyanova – [Here]begin Dance, and <fidget>. She is an advocate for DIY, small scale cooperation, collaboration, and community exchange in Philly’s dance community. Christina graduated from University of the Arts with a BFA in dance in '07.