Biography

Kristina Kong is  an EdM graduate from the Dance Education program at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University and received her Masters in May 2021. Kristina engaged in her part-time clinical field work at William F. Halloran School No. 22 in Elizabeth, NJ, and completed her full-time student teaching at Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ.  At both schools, Kristina had the privilege of working with students from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. Kristina currently teaches at Roxbury High School as the dance director. After school, she also teaches at The Dance Connection in Rockaway, NJ, and the Dance Academy of North Jersey where she works with ages toddlers to adults in a variety of dance styles including Ballet, Contemporary, Technique classes, and Jazz. 

 

In May 2020, Kristina graduated with her B.F.A. degree in Dance Performance from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. While attending Mason Gross, she was on Dean’s list all eight semesters, graduating Magna Cum Laude. At Mason Gross, Kristina had the pleasure to work with and perform works by Randy James, Alex Biegelson, Chien-Ying Wang, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Yin Yue, and Pam Tanowitz Dance company members Victor Lozano, Jason Collins, and Christine Flores. In 2019, she also had the opportunity to workshop and perform works by Chien-Ying Wang and Paul Ocampo in Beijing, China for the International Creative Dance Seminar. There, she immersed herself in different cultures while establishing relationships with dancers and choreographers from Taiwan, China, Florida, Australia, and Oklahoma. In 2018, Kristina performed Differences in Sections, a work choreographed by Darrell Grand Moultrie, at the Joyce Theater, a renowned performance venue in New York City. The following summer, Kristina earned her 200-Hour Registered Vinyasa Yoga Teacher certification through Om Factory in New York City under the instruction of Taryn Vander Hoop and Blair Ritchie. Kristina is currently on faculty at icanbootcamp in Dover, NJ, where she teaches yoga classes open to the public.

 

Kristina is a native from Rockaway, NJ, where she received extensive dance training from The Dance Academy of North Jersey in Lake Hopatcong, The Dance Connection in Rockaway, New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble under the artistic director, Nancy Turano, and attended Morris County School of Technology in Denville, NJ under the artistic director, Ruth Clark.