Kristina Chan
A Faint ExistenceKristina Chan is a dancer and choreographer based in NSW, Australia. In 2016 she premiered A Faint Existence for Performance Space’s 2016 Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art at Carriageworks, Sydney. In 2018 Kristina premiered new commissioned works MOUNTAIN (Campbelltown Arts Centre), and Summer (City Contemporary Dance Company, Hong Kong), which was followed by an Australian tour. Kristina previously choreographed Conform (Sydney Dance Company, 2015), Grave (Lockup Gallery Newcastle and Catapult Dance, 2015) and a commissioned piece for Expressions Dance Company/Opera Queensland 2017 for Mozart Airborne. Kristina has over 19 years of experience performing throughout Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Asia, Israel and Europe, working with companies, independent choreographers and collaborators. Kristina was the recipient of the Ausdance Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship 2017 and has been awarded a Helpmann Award for her performance in Narelle Benjamin’s In Glass (2011) and two Australian Dance Awards for Tanja Liedtke’s Twelfth Floor (2006) and construct (2009).