Christina Zani is a dance artist living in Philadelphia. She currently performs in the work of Nichole Canuso, Headlong Dance Theater, Meg Foley/Moving Parts. In addition she has worked with Tania Isaac, SubCircle, White Oak Dance Project, Artichoke Dance, Anita Cheng, Devynn Emory and Jaamil Kosoko among others. She loves to make small works that travel light, and has shown her own choreography in Philadelphia (Nexus, Painted Bride, CEC, Mascher Space Co-op), New York (Movement Research at DTW, The Far Space, AUNTS, TIXE), New Haven (Festival of Arts and Ideas), and Florida (Atlantic Center For The Arts). Important influences (outside of those amazing folks she currently works for) include Douglas Dunn, Lisa Kraus, Tere O’Connor, Jeanne Liotta (filmmaker) and her arts community in Philly. Christina recently completed choreography for Pig Iron Theatre’s acclaimed Welcome to Yuba City, and is writing this from NYC where she is on a self-directed residency with the support of the Independence Foundation.