Film
Photography
Cadance Collective
DPMKE
Education
Performance
Saint Kate Gallery
Educator
Videography
Christal is an Alumna of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee dance department (BFA) where she is also adjunct faculty. She is a screendance artist and has produced work as a cinematographer, performer, editor and director for Joe Goode, Josh Halverson, Maria Gillespie, Danceworks Inc, Milwaukee Dance Theatre Network, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, UWM Dance, The Saint Kate Arts Hotel, The Cactus Club, and Li Chiao-Ping Dance where she was a 2020 SEED Creation Fund grant recipient. Christal is the artistic director of Danceworks Performance MKE and has danced for Your Mother Dances, Gina Laurenzi Dance Project, Dawn Springer Dance Projects, Skylight Music Theatre and spent 14 years as a company member with DPMKE. Christal is a cofounder of the music and dance trio Cadance Collective, co-creating pieces through processes where music and dance are worked on simultaneously through improvisational practices and original soundscapes. In 2020 Christal Wagner became the Saint Kate Art Hotel’s FIRST artist in co-residence. She is the recipient of 8 Wisconsin Jerry Awards for her work in musical theatre and has choreographed over 20 musicals in the city of Milwaukee. Christal’s mission is to support and elevate the voices of her community, collaborators, and fellow artists.
CHRISTAL’S MEDIA KIT
Her Mission:
To make moving dynamic art that connects with my Milwaukee Community.
To move audiences to escape their daily realities and allow themselves to be transformed by what they see.
To create movement practices with students and community members that bring them to be at balance in the present moment.
To create art that challenges the double standards of being a strong woman.
To support and elevate the voices of my community, collaborators, and fellow artists.
Christal Wagner 