Christine Reisner
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