Christy Munch

Christy Munch has been involved in the dance theatre profession for 30+ years, as a dancer, teacher, director, costumer, and independent choreographer. Her choreography has been produced at numerous dance venues in Chicago and was featured for five years in Chicago’s NEXT Dance Festival. It has also been reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Dance Magazine, and the Chicago Reader. In Chicago, Christy danced with Jan Bartoszek/Hedwig Dances, Bob Eisen, and Timothy Buckley, with whom she toured to Jacob’s Pillow International Dance Festival and Dance Theatre Workshop in New York. Influential teachers in her dance career are Gus Giordano, Joel Hall, Lou Conte, and Sherry Zunker. Christy now focuses on teaching Adult Ballet, BeMoved (Artistry Level Certification), Yin Stretch, and Basic Giordano Jazz Dance Technique (NGCP Basic Level Certification). She teaches in Janesville, WI, and Rockford, IL. She holds a Master’s in Interdisciplinary Arts and a Master’s in the Art of Teaching from Columbia College Chicago. Christy is the founder and artistic director of the Rockford DanceMakers Festival.