CHRISTINE REISNER                          Fi-Core - AFTRA-SAG, AEA        

                                   

Acting:

Member of OTR (On the Road Repertory Company) – dedicated to Alice Spivak:

Love All Alices

The Odd Couple – (Female Version) Micki, the cop – Soho Playhouse, OTR staged reading                                             

Television Commercial: spokesperson/hero mesothelioma campaign of Weitz and Luxenberg law firm

 

Cabaret:

Laurie Beechman, Metropolitan Room NYC, numerous venues in PA, NJ, FL

Amanda McBroom Project, directed by Eric Michael Gillett

Hospital Audiences, Inc. (HAI) – with Tex Arnold, shows in hospitals and nursing homes

Russ Berrie Theatre, Ramapo College – featured singer/dancer - Art of Motion’s Power of the Dance

NJ Choral Society – Fascinating Rhythm – with William Paterson U. Jazz Orchestra

 

Recording Artist (three albums):

“Swingin’ With Christine Reisner: Beginner’s Luck,” (aired on WNYC (Jonathan Schwartz), and “Songs of Albert Hague,” both with Uli Geissendoerfer, still in rotation on streaming channels; “Look Who’s In Love” with Don Rebic

 

Off Broadway:

Pepsi Cola industrial show - MGM Grand Hotel            

Luigi’s 92nd and 80th Birthday Celebrations @ Laura Pels Theater, New York

Promises Promises - Equity Library Theater                                                                              

Can-Can - Equity Library Theater

Eternal Love (choreography by Miguel Godreau)

Two Over Easy (dance captain, assistant to Tony Tanner)

The More You Get, The More You Want (Black Theater Alliance, directed by Lucia Victor)

 

In France:

Star of Nouvelle Eve Cabaret

Festival des Ouvriers in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris

Jazz festivals and clubs

Rosella Hightower’s Festival d’Été in Cannes with Bill and Jacqui Landrum

 

Modern Dance: Nikolais Dance Theater; Company of Anne Beranger: Palais Royale (with Leonide Massine), Festival d’Avignon (with Vangelis), Festival d’Havre (with Mikis Teodorakis and Lorca Massine);NYC: Sensedance (guest soloist five seasons, choreography of Henning Rubsäm and Beverly Blossom. In France: Festival de Bordeaux (with Carolyn Carlson),. American Center, Paris (with jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake)

 

Radio News Anchor-Reporter: WRKL, Rockland County subsidiary of WNBC News; freelance copy editor; assistant to the editor-in-chief of ESSENCE MAGAZINE

 

Teaching: Luigi’s Jazz Center (sub), Briansky Ballet intensive @Mount Holyoke College, Art of Motion, Ridgewood, NJ; Trinity High School, NYC. In France: Academy International of Dance and American Center (Paris); Rosella Hightower Centre de Dance (Cannes).

 

Training:

Jazz ensemble with Roni Ben-Hur at Lucy Moses, Kaufman Music school

Acting: Alice Spivak, Pamela Lincoln, HB Studio, Claudia Frank

Musical Theater: Albert Hague;

Voice: Renée Orin-Hague, John Mace, Felix Knight

Dance: Luigi, Vladimir Dokoudovsky, Rosella Hightower, Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis

Violin: Ruth Ricci, Patricia Davis; jazz with Rob Thomas

 

Education: Fordham University (B.A. in Media Studies, 1994 – (magna cum laude) Chateau Mont Choisi, Switzerland – (Alliance Française), Professional Children’s School, Tenafly, NJ public schools