Christin Arthur is in her eleventh season with Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company. Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, she studied classical ballet, modern, tap, character, jazz, and Korean traditional dance. Under the tutelage of Sharee Lane, she danced principal roles in the Ballet West Academy programs and corps de ballet roles as a Ballet West trainee. Ms. Arthur attended summer programs on full scholarship at the Berlin State Ballet School, Hong Kong International Ballet School, New Zealand School of Dance, Jacob’s Pillow, and the University of Utah. After graduating from the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. in 2002, she joined the Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, South Korea, dancing classical roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Shim Chung, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, and The Nutcracker, as well as contemporary roles in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 7 and soloist roles in Brian Yoo’s Colors and Paganini Rhapsody. Ms. Arthur has danced as a guest artist with Les Grands Ballets Des Canadiens, Columbia Classical Ballet, and South Carolina Contemporary Dance Company. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from George Mason University with degrees in Global Affairs and Chinese Language. She worked in Development at the Obama Foundation for over three years and currently works at Emerson Collective as a member of the Research & Impact team. She is also a certified Gyrotonic and Pilates instructor.
Christin Arthur
