Crystal Finn-Dunn
CRYSTAL FINN-DUNN
DANCE ARTIST | MODEL | ACTOR
ABOUT
Crystal Star Finn-Dunn is a diverse dance artist, model, choreographer, instructor and actor based in Toronto. She has created and performed for shows across the globe including Netflix, Ted Talks, HUM Awards, Danny Fernandes’ tour (China), Sasy, Yuvan (IN), Ladies of Hip Hop (NYC) the Pan-American Games, Nuit Blanche, Impulstanz (Vienna), Toronto Urban Dance Symposium, Meridian Hall's Breakin’ Convention, Funkbox (NYC), The Art Gallery of Ontario, New Blue Dance Festival, Continental Pageantry (Chicago), Toronto Pride, and various concerts and theatre productions.
She has been teaching and choreographing consistently for over 8 years. Her choreography has won awards at various dance competitions for the free flowing movement, technical difficulty, and musical connection.
Most recently, she has acted in full-length and short films, while producing and directing her short dance film AmalgaMotion to be seen in film festivals internationally including Fall for Dance North, and winning 13 accolades thus far. She is currently furthering her teaching certifications, and training to be an Intimacy Coordinator for Film/TV.
DANCER
Crystal has over 26 years of dance training. Her styles include ballet, contemporary, lyrical, tap, jazz, acro and hip hop. She is a graduate of York University with a BFA in Dance specializing in ballet and modern, and performance and choreography. Crystal’s classical and contemporary training has manifested into her practice of street styles house, waacking, and popping, along with samba, belly dance, bollywood and fire performance. Crystal finds her connection to movement to be free flowing, rooted in floorwork, physical, grounded and articulate.
MODEL/ACTOR
Crystal has worked as the lead actress and model in commercials, films, TV, music videos with both speaking roles and voice over work. Her modeling career has taken her across continents, representing fashion, beauty, corporate, and commercial brands in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Korea.
TEACHER/
CHOREOGRAPHER
Crystal's teaching approach is committed to fostering growth, creativity, and a strong work ethic, with an emphasis on technique and supporting each student's individuality. Her range of styles allows her to pull from all backgrounds to lead an engaging class from beginner to advanced. She challenges her students with various concepts of musicality, movement qualities, partner work, and floorwork. Most importantly, the students should find connection, feel supported, & have fun! Open for bookings to teach ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, house, musical theatre, parties, events, & workshops.
TESTIMONIALS
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