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| Rachel Christensen |
Rachel has been teaching dance for eight years. Her training began 23 years ago and brought
her through college. She is an honors graduate of Oklahoma City University where she received a
BS in Dance Management. While at OCU she performed with the American Spirit Dance
Company, Spirit of Grace Liturgical Company, and OCU Pep Dancers. Her summers were spent
teaching for Jill Rauscher’s School of Dance and Kennedy Dance Theatre in Webster, TX. While in
Oklahoma Rachel worked for the Arts Council’s Festival of the Arts and as an Assistant Company
Manager for Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. After graduation she moved to Chicago and spent two
years at The School of Performing Arts in Naperville, IL teaching jazz, tap, hip hop, and ballet as
well as serving as Dance Concert Director. Rachel moved to Austin to pursue a masters degree in
advertising from UT. She continues teaching dance at Austin Conservatory of the Arts and now
Metamorphosis Dance Academy. She is also a choreographer for Austin City Ballet’s Children’s
Nutcracker. Since graduating in December ’09 she has joined the staff of Austin Stone Community
Church as a special event planner and also works at McGarrah Jessee advertising agency.
“As a performing art, dance involves a lot of anatomy. I teach the basics of how the body moves
in regards to muscle structure and bone placement to give students a greater understanding of
how to precisely and efficiently execute what dance asks of us. But the technicality of dance by
itself would leave a dancer incomplete. It is the passion, heart, emotion and expression that takes
steps and turns them into art and entertainment. My goal is develop dancers who are proficient
in their technique and who can take an audience on a journey by telling a story with their
movement. I hope they catch my love of dance and share it with the world.”
her through college. She is an honors graduate of Oklahoma City University where she received a
BS in Dance Management. While at OCU she performed with the American Spirit Dance
Company, Spirit of Grace Liturgical Company, and OCU Pep Dancers. Her summers were spent
teaching for Jill Rauscher’s School of Dance and Kennedy Dance Theatre in Webster, TX. While in
Oklahoma Rachel worked for the Arts Council’s Festival of the Arts and as an Assistant Company
Manager for Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. After graduation she moved to Chicago and spent two
years at The School of Performing Arts in Naperville, IL teaching jazz, tap, hip hop, and ballet as
well as serving as Dance Concert Director. Rachel moved to Austin to pursue a masters degree in
advertising from UT. She continues teaching dance at Austin Conservatory of the Arts and now
Metamorphosis Dance Academy. She is also a choreographer for Austin City Ballet’s Children’s
Nutcracker. Since graduating in December ’09 she has joined the staff of Austin Stone Community
Church as a special event planner and also works at McGarrah Jessee advertising agency.
“As a performing art, dance involves a lot of anatomy. I teach the basics of how the body moves
in regards to muscle structure and bone placement to give students a greater understanding of
how to precisely and efficiently execute what dance asks of us. But the technicality of dance by
itself would leave a dancer incomplete. It is the passion, heart, emotion and expression that takes
steps and turns them into art and entertainment. My goal is develop dancers who are proficient
in their technique and who can take an audience on a journey by telling a story with their
movement. I hope they catch my love of dance and share it with the world.”