Kristina Fluty

Teaches at Lou Conte Dance Studio

Kristina Fluty is in her ninth year as a movement collaborator with Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, and has been honored to work with many other talented choreographers in Chicago, Nashville, and New York. She holds a Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, as well as a Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis (GLCMA), from Columbia College Chicago, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. Her BA in Dance is from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, where she frequently returns to teach and choreograph. She has also been an adjunct faculty member at The University of Chicago, and teaches dance regularly throughout the city. Other influential training includes Trisha Brown Dance Studio and many downtown NYC dance artists such as David Dorfman, Miguel Gutierrez, and K.J. Holmes. Kristina currently works with individual professional artists and dance companies in Chicago in the facilitation, support, and research of personal creative process. In addition to the framework of Laban/Bartenieff studies, her influences include the Feldenkrais Method, Body-Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, Continuum, and Contact Improvisation.