Life as a Modern Dancer | Christal N. Brown

photo credit: Kimara Dixon

"I believe the success of my career is based on the sheer action of saying Yes to God's continual instructions along a winding path of discovery. Because my first goal was to be a dance teacher, the performance world was totally foreign to me. Therefore, I never turned down any opportunity to dance regardless of the pay, the genre, or the venue. As long as my integrity was not compromised I committed myself to fully investing the talent God gave me to further my understanding of the field of dance. Saying 'yes' positioned me into a lot of great roles and more often into the company of mentors, friends, colleagues, and teachers, who led me full circle to my current professorship."

Read more about our Founding Artistic Director at dancingwords.typepad.com.

Rainbows in Vermont

INSPIRIT is back in New York City after a week long creative residency at Middlebury College with Christal Brown. The company enjoyed five days of conditioning (yoga, pilates and Liquid Strength, oh my!) while learning repertory and working out ideas for a new evening length work.

We had the opportunity to enjoy the fresh open air looking at picturesque skies, weeping willows, and bunnies playing in the grass. What a blessing to dance all day, learn from one another, and fellowship as a company.

Here we go! Road trip to Vermont!

Back: Remi and Luisa, Front: Rebecca and Allegra

Beautiful mountains in upstate New York.

Gorgeous sunshine and clouds above the barn.

Happy dancers after a long day of rehearsal.
(L to R): Rebecca, Luisa, Allegra, Karina, Remi
[Sydnie taking the photo!]

Rainbow in Vermont, after the storm. 

Spacious dance studio & performance space
at Middlebury.

Taking a breather.
Christal, GJ, Alex, Sydnie, Karina, Rebecca

Bluegrass music at Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven.

Gorgeous sunset over the pond at the vineyard.

Over zealous Giants fan with a shrine on the side
of the highway as we travel back home!