Christina Marie Ariana Bielek
Movement, Development Coordination

Christina is a professional facilitator, dancer and coordinator of diverse arts and community development projects. She has worked as a Project Coordinator for several not-for-profit organizations, such as Canadian Crossroads International, Katimavik and Rediscovery Foundation and is currently working towards a MA degree in Sociology from Simon Fraser University. From childhood to presenthood Christina has leaped and spun through a vast array of dance disciplines (folkloric, modern, flamenco and ballet) and hopes to keep leaping and spinning forever more. She has worked with numerous dance companies around the world, such as Ninawa Eastern Magic Dance Company (Vancouver), Mozaico Flamenco (Vancouver) Ballet Potosi (Potosi, Bolivia) and Flamenco Vivo (Santiago, Chile). She is a devoted gardener of interdisciplinary art, participatory education and subversive social change. You can find her planting colourful seeds in dusty flowerpots and discovering four leaf clovers.  .