This evening will include a workshop for dancers interested in dance on film and a screening of current films by Gabri Christa, a NYC-based choreographer and filmmaker.

Born and raised in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Gabri Christa brings to her filmmaking and directing her background as a choreographer and performer. Now based in New York, she has received many awards for her choreographies and short films, including a Guggenheim Fellowship for her choreography.

In 2008 Gabri Christa was invited to the Pangea Day Film Festival as "One of the World's 100 most promising Filmmakers." Her film "High School" received an ABC TV award for Creative Excellence.

Her films have screened as Jury finalists in festivals in Tokyo, Atlanta, Denver and in Screen Dance festivals in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, New York (Lincoln Center), Monaco, Munich, Capetown, Shanghai, Kumming, Beijing, as well as in museums and galleries.

Her choreography has been performed in Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean and in the US, particularly New York at Central Park Summer Stage, Dance Theater Workshop (5 seasons) PS 122, Symphony Space, Aaron Davis Hall (Harlem Stage), St. Marks Church, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Center For the Arts at CUNY/CSI, and Judson Church.

Read more about Gabri Christa at gabrichrista.com and
anotherbuilding.com, a web site she created about her series of short films that examine the relationship of historic buildings and sites to their environment.

See videos of and by Gabri Christa on Vimeo

Season partners and supporters for Tigertail's 33nd season include: Aquarius Press; Books & Books; Bresaro Suites; The Children's Trust; City of Coral Gables Cultural Arts Program; City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Clarke Foundation; Consulate General of Brazil; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Consulate General of Japan; E.S. Moore Family Foundation; Florida Dance Association; Funding Arts Network; The Galler Group; Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; Japan Foundation; John S. & James L. Knight Foundation; JPMorgan Chase; MiamiArtZine; Miami Beach Botanical Garden; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public Library; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Miami River Inn; National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; National Performance Network with major funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), Altria, MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation; Pridelines; Publix Super Markets Charities; Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation; Safe Schools South Florida; The Law Office of Linda M. Smith; South Arts; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; The Miami Foundation; VSA Florida; Vortex Communications; WDNA & WLRN FM; Wells Fargo and our many private supporters.