Bio

Christiana Hunte is a multifaceted artist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Her primary artistic practices include dancing and choreographing, acting and poetry. She is currently a dancing soloist and spoken word artist with Terri Lyne Carrington's band and a collaborator on various of her projects. Christiana began touring with esperanza spalding in 2022 serving as a dancer and backing vocalist. That same year she had the pleasure of performing as a premiere soloist at Madison Square Garden with Burna Boy. Christiana joined AntonioBrownDance in 2018 and is continuing to research and perform with the company. She choreographed American Repertory Theaters Dear Everything directed by Diana Paulus and written by Eve Ensler continuing to collaborate on the evolution of the musical. She also served as the assistant choreographer to Chanel DaSilva in A.R.T’s WILD 2021 and Moby Dick 2018 under the direction of Rachel Chavkin. Christiana began her dance training at Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn. She continued her education at LaGuardia Arts High School. During her senior year, Christiana joined the National YoungArts Foundation as a 2014 Winner in Modern Dance. She graduated from SUNY Purchase College in 2018, receiving her BFA in Dance; and a minor in Arts Management. She is an alumni of Springboard Danse Montreal studying/ performing work by Ohad Naharin by way of Bobbi Jene Smith and Shamel Pitts; alongside original work by Mark Caserta. She is currently a teacher at MOVE|NYC| where she was previously the company manager. Christiana is currently receiving her acting training from the William Esper Studio. She is continuing to deepen her studies with live music, interdisciplinary improvisation and collaboration, acting, poetry and more; sharing her artistic discoveries with many young artists throughout the United States. She has taught a series of workshops bringing dancers and jazz musicians together at Berklee College of Music, The Boston Conservatory and Bard College; as well as served as a Creative Lead for the YoungArts Lab NY 2025. She aspires to continue learning the world through art and contributing to the lives of the artistic generations to come, through meaningful art making and collaboration.