Kristie Reeves (née Kerstin Weingartner) is a German actress, musical
theater performer and producer. She started her performance career as
a dancer in Germany at the age of seven. By the time she was a
teenager she was touring Germany with her dance company JDC and after
on made her switch to musical theater. Her first acting role was in
the feature film September Song which premiered at the Munich Film
Festival in 2001. She has danced with Jennifer Lopez and her
choreographies have won her numerous awards.Kristie started taking
classes in classical ballet at the age of seven. Her dream was to
become a classical dancer and she was working on it diligently,
performing with her school and in her early teens joining the Junior
Dance Company, a classical ballet company for talented teens, with
which she was touring around Germany. After graduating high school she
went to receive her diploma in classical ballet from the renowned
Royal Academy of Dance in London. She was training with British ballet
stars such as Julia Farron, David Wall, Alfreda Thoroughgood and
Herida May. And it was Pamela May who coached her for her performance
at the Royal Academy of Dance's Promotional Dance Day in Eindhoven,
the Netherlands, led by the Academy's president Antoinette Sibley. She
was awarded a "Distinction" grade for her exams with the Royal Academy
of Dance as well as "Highly Commended" from the Imperial Society of
Teachers of Dancing.After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dance,
Kristie went back to dance with the JDC for another year. She also
started training in Jazz, Modern, Tap Dance and Hip Hop which brought
her performance opportunities with companies such as the Atomic DFT,
Kairos Dance Company and at "5-6-7-8 Showtime" in Whistler, Canada.
You could see her perform next to Jennifer Lopez in the music video "I
am glad" (directed by David LaChapelle). She was the lead dancer and
choreographer for "Downtown Drama Queen" by Liquid Film Productions
and danced in Black Tie Dynasty's music video "Tender". Her lead
performance in the short film The Dancer brought her to the attention
of the press- the film earned a Honorable Mention Award in 2002 and
won best Cinematography at the Oklahoma Film Festival. Other dance
performances in film are: "Tango" (2003), "Dreamlovers" (2006) and
"Yukka" (2009). Her choreographies have won awards at the Coquitlam
Dance Festival, Dancepower and the Surrey Dance Festival. Other
choreographies: "Lucia di Lammermoor" for Repertory Opera Company,
"The Bartered Bride" for Celestial Opera Company, "Aida" for Casa
Italiana, "The Rope" for ICAP Theater Company, "Don't try" for
Rangeview Productions and "Love of a Nightingale" for Boston Court
Theater. She also served as artistic director for "Once upon a Dance
Company" in Los Angeles. Kristie could recently be seen at the "Arts
meets Fashion" Show at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood and the "IMATS" Show
in Pasadena for which both she choreographed and performed.Kristie's
first performance in musical theater was as a blonde Indian in
Gateway's Theater production of Peter Pan (1997) followed by the role
of Gemini Twin for Centennial Theater's production of A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum (1998) which brought her a Harris
McLean Scholarship Award. She could be seen in the variety musical
"The Roaring 20's" at Hendry Hall (1998), "Salute to Broadway" at the
renowned Stanley Theater (1999), "A Night of Musicals" at the Arts
Club Theater (1999) and most recently in the acclaimed Off-Broadway
Production of "There's a Marquee" (2007). Kristie played "Miss
Marmelstein" in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (2002), "Val" in A
Chorus Line (2003), both at the renowned Theater of Arts in Hollywood,
and "Helga" in Cabaret (2003- directed by Alice Carter).
theater performer and producer. She started her performance career as
a dancer in Germany at the age of seven. By the time she was a
teenager she was touring Germany with her dance company JDC and after
on made her switch to musical theater. Her first acting role was in
the feature film September Song which premiered at the Munich Film
Festival in 2001. She has danced with Jennifer Lopez and her
choreographies have won her numerous awards.Kristie started taking
classes in classical ballet at the age of seven. Her dream was to
become a classical dancer and she was working on it diligently,
performing with her school and in her early teens joining the Junior
Dance Company, a classical ballet company for talented teens, with
which she was touring around Germany. After graduating high school she
went to receive her diploma in classical ballet from the renowned
Royal Academy of Dance in London. She was training with British ballet
stars such as Julia Farron, David Wall, Alfreda Thoroughgood and
Herida May. And it was Pamela May who coached her for her performance
at the Royal Academy of Dance's Promotional Dance Day in Eindhoven,
the Netherlands, led by the Academy's president Antoinette Sibley. She
was awarded a "Distinction" grade for her exams with the Royal Academy
of Dance as well as "Highly Commended" from the Imperial Society of
Teachers of Dancing.After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dance,
Kristie went back to dance with the JDC for another year. She also
started training in Jazz, Modern, Tap Dance and Hip Hop which brought
her performance opportunities with companies such as the Atomic DFT,
Kairos Dance Company and at "5-6-7-8 Showtime" in Whistler, Canada.
You could see her perform next to Jennifer Lopez in the music video "I
am glad" (directed by David LaChapelle). She was the lead dancer and
choreographer for "Downtown Drama Queen" by Liquid Film Productions
and danced in Black Tie Dynasty's music video "Tender". Her lead
performance in the short film The Dancer brought her to the attention
of the press- the film earned a Honorable Mention Award in 2002 and
won best Cinematography at the Oklahoma Film Festival. Other dance
performances in film are: "Tango" (2003), "Dreamlovers" (2006) and
"Yukka" (2009). Her choreographies have won awards at the Coquitlam
Dance Festival, Dancepower and the Surrey Dance Festival. Other
choreographies: "Lucia di Lammermoor" for Repertory Opera Company,
"The Bartered Bride" for Celestial Opera Company, "Aida" for Casa
Italiana, "The Rope" for ICAP Theater Company, "Don't try" for
Rangeview Productions and "Love of a Nightingale" for Boston Court
Theater. She also served as artistic director for "Once upon a Dance
Company" in Los Angeles. Kristie could recently be seen at the "Arts
meets Fashion" Show at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood and the "IMATS" Show
in Pasadena for which both she choreographed and performed.Kristie's
first performance in musical theater was as a blonde Indian in
Gateway's Theater production of Peter Pan (1997) followed by the role
of Gemini Twin for Centennial Theater's production of A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum (1998) which brought her a Harris
McLean Scholarship Award. She could be seen in the variety musical
"The Roaring 20's" at Hendry Hall (1998), "Salute to Broadway" at the
renowned Stanley Theater (1999), "A Night of Musicals" at the Arts
Club Theater (1999) and most recently in the acclaimed Off-Broadway
Production of "There's a Marquee" (2007). Kristie played "Miss
Marmelstein" in I Can Get It for You Wholesale (2002), "Val" in A
Chorus Line (2003), both at the renowned Theater of Arts in Hollywood,
and "Helga" in Cabaret (2003- directed by Alice Carter).
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