Choreography

Rusalka

Music by Antonín Dvořák
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil
Adapted by Jason Powell
Performed by Miwaukee Opera Theatre, Danceworks Performance MKE, and Jason Powell
Direction: Jill Anna Ponasik
Choreography: Christal Wagner

Chaos Theory

Suite created on Danceworks Performance Milwaukee for the concert I Am Because You Are.

PERFORMANCES
Premiere: I Am Because You Are at the Baumgartner Center for Dance (2022)

Choreography: Christal Wagner
Performers: Danceworks Performance MKE
Music: Overnight Mail by Michael Torke

Fight or Flight

Evening length concert choreographed by Christal Wagner on Danceworks Performance MKE.

PERFORMANCES
Premiere: Danceworks Studio Theatre (2021)

Two 2 Duet

Evening length concert Co-curated show with collaborator, Gina Laurenzi.

PERFORMANCES
Premiere : Milwaukee Fringe Festival (2017)
Danceworks Studio Theatre (2018)

REPERTOIRE
There was a Time 2017
Performance by Christal Wagner
Music: 2rees
Poetry: by Stephen Wolff

Egress
Performance by Christal Wagner, Emma Koi, Alicia Storin
Video: Josh Halverson
Sound Score: Cadance Collective

Non Square Dance
Performance: Gina Laurenzi and Christal Wagner
Music: courtesy of Caroline Shaw

Musical Theatre

Choreographed for over 20 productions
High School, Community Theatre, Professional

2010 – 2021 Community Theatre Works
2012 – 2021 Divine Savior Holy Angels
2014 – 2019 Shorewood High School
2017 – 2021 Nicolet High School
2018 Skylight Music Theatre
2019 Greendale Community Theatre
2020 Waukesha Civic Theatre

Repertoire

Divine Savior Holy Angels
Annie – 2010
Beauty and the Beast – 2011
High School Musical (the spoof) – 2012
Urinetown – 2012 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
Peter Pan – 2013
Shrek the musical – 2013 Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
Ragtime – 2014
Cinderella – 2015
Hairspray – 2016
9 to 5 – 2016
Little Mermaid – 2017
Willy Wonka – 2018
Les Miserables – 2018
Newsies – 2019
Godspell – 2021

Nicolet High School
Ragtime 2017 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
Adams Family the Musical 2018 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
Mamma Mia 2019 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
Little Shop of Horrors – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography

Shorewood High School
West Side Story – 2014 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography
South Pacific – 2016
Mamma Mia – 2019 – Tommy award for Outstanding Choreography

Skylight Music Theatre
Pippin – 2018

Greendale Community Theatre
Mamma Mia – 2019

Waukesha Civic Theatre
Big Fish 2020

Danceworks Performance Milwaukee

Company member since 2007
Choreography premiere 2007
Artistic Direction since 2021

REPERTORIE

Sojourn
Performance: Christal Wagner
Premiere: 2007 | Army of One
Music: Insingizi

Play
Performance: DPMKE
Premiere: 2008 | Having an Affair
Music: Michael Torke

Wanna Be Like You
Premiere 2009 | Lights DPC Action!
Performance: DPMKE

One Face or Two
Performance: Christal Wagner, Kim Johnson
Premiere: 2011
Music: Rodrigo Y Gabriella

I ___ You
Performance: Cameron Mathe, Melissa Anderson
Premiere: 2012 | Lying
Music: Punch Brothers, Emile Pandolfi

Bang Crash Slam
Performance: Christal Wagner
Premiere: 2013 | Plugged In
Music: Dawn of Midi

Hubris Excerpt
Performance: DPMKE
Premiere: 2015 |

Haiku Fiction Suite – 2016  Excerpt
Performance: DPMKE
Premiere 2016 | Writing about Dance, Dancing about Architecture

Trying to get Home
Performance: DPMKE
Cinematography: Kim McDaniel
Premiere: 2016

(be)Longing
Performance: DPMKE
Premiere 2018 | Secrets from the Wide Sky

Cadance Collective

Music and Dance Trio | Flute, Cello, Voice, Ukulele, Movement
cofounders Christal Wagner, Emma Koi and Alicia Storin in 2012
www.cadancecollective.com