Curriculum Vitae
Kristine Bendul
Education / Professional Training
I began dancing with the New Jersey Ballet Company at 15 years old and I was selected to tour twice with the New York City Ballet Company to Taiwan and the USSR.
My professional dance career has continued up until the present, having successfully danced on Broadway, TV, film, in concert dance and in the Dancesport ballroom.
2010 - 2019 Peridance, New York, NY
1998 TVI Acting Studios, New York, NY
1996 - 2019 Broadway Dance Center, New York, NY
1990 - 2019 Steps on Broadway, New York, NY
1988 -1990 New Jersey Ballet, West Orange, NJ
1988 Boston Ballet Summer Intensive, Boston, MA
1987 -1988 School of American Ballet, New York, NY
1985 - 1988 Irine Fokine School of Ballet, Ridgewood, NJ
Teaching Experience - (* Denotes University/College Instruction)
* Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY SEPT 2020 - present
Adjunct Professor, Theatre Arts Daily Dance
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Instruct Ballet, Jazz & Tap, to undergraduates averaging 13 students per semester
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Choreograph online presentation for Dance Share presentation concluding each semester
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Coordinate grading
*The Julliard School, New York, NY DEC 2019/JAN 2020
Guest Artist Instructor, Dance Division
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Created 4 hour master series with my professional dance partner teaching our GENDER NEUTRAL approach to the partner dance HUSTLE averaging 20 students
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“The Presentation” - Presented a swing dance workshop for Dance Division students and Julliard Jazz averaging 60
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts SEPT 2019
Guest Artist Instructor, Dance
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Led a 2 hour GENDER NEUTRAL HUSTLE workshop with my professional dance partner averaging 40 students
* University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI OCT - NOV 2018
Guest Artist/Interim Professor, Musical Theatre
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Taught Ballet, Musical Theatre Styles, Partnering to upper & under classmen averaging 40 students
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Worked with the accompanists for Ballet I & Ballet III
Gibney 280 Broadway, New York, NY AUG - DEC 2019
Dance Instructor, Open Class
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Taught GENDER NEUTRAL HUSTLE on a weekly basis with my professional dance partner
American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY 2017
Dance Instructor, Summer Intensive
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Substitute instructor for the Musical Theater class
Disney Cruise Line, The Disney Magic May 2016
Ballroom Instructor, Trans-Atlantic Crossing
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Foxtrot, rumba, waltz
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Held an introductory demonstration + showcase
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Guest interviewee on the ship’s television program
Miss Patti’s School of Dance, Midland Park, NJ 2015
Dance Instructor, Summer Intensive
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Taught Broadway Theater Dance
Eglevsky Ballet, Bethpage, NY 2015
Guest Artist Instructor, Summer Intensive Master Class
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Taught musical theater dance
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Participated in Q & A after classes
* Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA April 2015
Guest Artist Instructor, Master Class Workshop
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Taught musical theater partnering & contemporary
‘Iolani School, Honolulu, HI January 2015
Guest Artist Instructor, Tam & Young - Visual & Performing Arts
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Taught ballet, jazz and musical theater dance
* Elon University, New York, NY 2012
Guest Artist Instructor, The Full Voice Workshop NYC
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Introduced compression and leverage technique in partnering
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Taught original partnering choreography from several Broadway shows
Broadway Dance Center, New York, NY 2010
Guest Teacher, Master Partnering Class
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Specified technique of tricks & lifts
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Implement elements into choreography
* Oklahoma City University, New York, NY 2012/2013
Guest Artist Instructor, NYC Workshop
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Taught partnering lifts & trick technique
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Created choreography with those elements
Broadway Bound Kids Workshop, New York, NY 2013
Guest Artist Instructor, Master class
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Taught music theater dance
Punahou, New York, NY 2012
Guest Artist Instructor, NYC Spring Workshop
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Taught musical theater dance
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Sole representative of the dance aspect of the workshop
New York Dance Machine, New Orleans, LO 2002
Dance Instructor, Touring Dance Workshop
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Taught theater dance & jazz
Manhattan Dance Project, New York, NY 2001
Dance Instructor, Touring Dance Workshop
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Taught theater dance & ballet
Kozlov Ballet Academy, Westwood, NJ 1995
Guest Dance Instructor, Summer Intensive
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Taught lyrical jazz
Director/Choreographer - Professional Productions of Theatre / Film +
2020 Samson: The Wrestling Musical, “Remind Me Again” - Choreographer
2020 Music Video, “RUN” by Nainnoh - Choreographer
2020 Livestream Benefit for Stonewall Inn, THE COLOR IZ - Writer/Director/ Choreographer
2020 Manhattan Chamber of Music an online celebration of Johann Brahms, LULLABY WALTZ - Director/Choreographer
2020 Short Film, “2 OF US “- Director/Choreographer/Filmographer
*Buddha International Film Festival - BEST CONCEPT AWARD
*Third Coast Film Festival - Official Selection
2020- present Developmental Lab NYC, THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY TO TIANGUO - Associate Choreographer
2020 International College of Musical Theatre NYC, REVIVAL THE SHOW - Director/Choreographer
2019 Broadway, Music Box Theatre, A CELEBRATION OF SONO OSATO - Lonely Town Pas De Deux
2019 Immersive NYC, THE COLOR IZ - Writer/Director/Choreographer
2019 Camp Broadway, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG - Director/Choreographer
2018-2019 Camp Broadway, THE NEXT STEP - Director/Choreographer
2018 Marymount Manhattan College - THEATRE SMASH - Assistant Choreographer
2018 Short Film, FOURTH POSITION - Choreographer
2018 Broadway Sacramento, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - Assistant Choreographer & Tango Choreographer
2017 Broadway, GYPSY OF THE YEAR - Director/Choreographer: “Chorus Semper, Dance Forever”
2017 Broadway Barkada, NYC, LUMIPAD - Choreographer
2017 Dancers For Good, Hamptons, NY - DANCERS FOR GOOD - Choreographer
2017 Off-Broadway, York Theatre, NYC, MARRY HARRY - Assistant Choreographer
2016 Immersive NYC, FOR MADMEN ONLY - Choreographer
2016 Symphony Space, NYC, LUIGI... A BENEFIT-TRIBUTE CONCERT - Choreographer: “Summertime”
2016 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES FIRE ISLAND - Choreographer: “Purple Rain”
2016 Dancers For Good, Hamptons, NY, DANCERS FOR GOOD - Choreographer
2016 Wisconsin University, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Singers’ LIVE IN LIVING COLOR - Assistant Choreographer
2016 Music Video, “SOMEBODY LOVES YOU” by JODI MCQUEEN - Choreographer
2015 Broadway Barkada, NYC, LUMIPAD - Choreographer
2015 AEA Industry Showcase, THE ART OF THE HUSTLE - Choreographer
2015 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES FIRE ISLAND - Choreographer
2015 AEA Industry Showcase, QUESTION 1 - Choreographer
2015 Industry Showcase, BC BEAT - Choreographer
2013-2015 Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA - Assistant Choreographer & Partnering Consultant
2014 Pittsburg Civic Light Opera, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - Tango Choreographer
2014 Dancers Responding to AIDS, FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL - Répétiteur
2014 Broadway, EASTER BONNET - Director/Choreographer
2012 Westport Country Playhouse Gala, THE FULL MCNALLY: A Celebration of the Writing and Works of Terrence McNally - Choreographer
2008 Ballet Hispanico, DESTINO INCIERTO - Assistant Choreographer
2002 AEA Workshop, MANCINI PROJECT - Assistant Choreographer
2001 Sands Casino, Atlantic City, NJ, MANHATTAN MAGIC - Swing Choreographer
Performer - Professional Productions / Repertory
2020 Music Video, “RUN” by Nainnoh
2020 Music Video, “BILLIONAIRE COWBOY” by Tom Maioli
2019 Buglisi Dance Theatre, ODE TO THE PLANET AND HUMANITY - I Love You
2019 Broadway Music Box theatre, A CELEBRATION OF SONO OSATO - Lonely Town Pas De Deux
2019 Carnegie Hall, LINK UP ORCHESTRA MOVES - Ballroom Feature
2019 92Y Lyric & Lyricists, LIVE & IN LIVING COLOR - Chase Brock Experience Dancer
2019 Dancers For Good, Hamptons, NY, DANCERS FOR GOOD - Répétiteur & Performer: “Adam, Eve & Steve’
2019 AEA Workshop, Project Springboard, THE QUIET WORLD - Ensemble
2018 Netflix, MODERN LOVE - “Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am”
2018 Luke Shirock Prod., TOMMY BATTLES THE SILVER SEA DRAGON - Emma
2018 Broadway Sacramento, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - Olga Mara (Cyd Charisse Green Dress Role)
2017 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, GYPSY OF THE YEAR - “Chorus Semper, Dance Forever “
2017 Netflix, THE GET DOWN - Season 1 Episode 1 Hustle Dancer
2017 Music Video, “HIGH TIMES” by Seth Walker
2017 Dancers For Good, Hamptons, NY, DANCERS FOR GOOD - “Say The Words”
2017 Lincoln Center, CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF ANDRÉ BISHOP AT LCT - “SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE” from CONTACT
2016 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, BROADWAY BARES FIRE ISLAND - “Purple Rain”
2016 Dancers For Good, Hamptons, NY, DANCERS FOR GOOD - “Call My Name”
2016 Broadway Asia Workshop, GOLDEN LOTUS - “Snow Blossom”
2016 City Center Encores!, DO I HEAR A WALTZ - Ensemble
2015 Showtime, NURSE JACKIE - “I Say A Little Prayer” Times Square Yogi
2015 BC Beat, NYC, BC BEAT - “Call My Name”
2015 Sloan Kettering, VISIBLE INK - “Philemon & Baucis”
2015 2nd Stage NYC, THE WAY WE GET BY - JoAnn Hunter’s “Brave”
2013-2015 Broadway, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA - Original Cast
2014 Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY - Répétiteur & Performer: “Adam, Eve & Steve”
2014 Broadway, EASTER BONNET - Répétiteur & Performer: “Victor Victoria”
2013 University of Michigan in collaboration with Graham Russell of AIR SUPPLY, DANCE WITH ME - Principal Dancer
2013 ABC, Tony Awards, CINDERELLA
2013 ABC, LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL - Cinderella
2013 CBS, DAVID LETTERMAN - Cinderella “10 Minutes Ago”
2013 NY Dance Alliance Gala, BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINING STARS - Performer
2011-2014 Ron De Jesus Dance, Principal Dancer
“B-SUITES“ - DANCE FOR LIFE Palm Springs, CA, Annenberg Theatre “B-SUITES“ - DANCE FOR LIFE Chicago, Il, Roosevelt University Auditorium Theatre,
“HYPER HUMAN" - Chicago, Il, Ruth Page Center for the Arts
“B-SUITES” - Chicago, Il, Joffrey Studio Showing
2012 NBC, SMASH - Season 1 “Workshop Dancer”
2012 CBS, DAVID LETTERMAN - “It’s Raining Men”
2012 Industrial, MATRIX RAW - Dancer
2012 American Dance Machine, “SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE” from CONTACT
2012 Industry Showcase, SECONDARY IMPACT - Dancer
2012 AEA Workshop, CINDERELLA - Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain
2011 North Shore Music Theatre, TARZAN - Dance Captain, Ensemble
2011 Papermill Playhouse, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Tintinabula / Dance Captain
2010 AEA Workshop, CHIX 6 - “Lightning Girl”
2010 Niles Creative Group, COMCAST HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR - Swing Dancer
2010 CBS, THE TONY AWARDS - Come Fly Away
2009-2010 Broadway, COME FLY AWAY - Original Cast, Matinee Lead, “Slim” & “Kate”
2009 Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, COME FLY WITH ME - “Kate” Standby
2009 FIFA, WORLD CUP - Broadway Dancer
2009 NC Theatre, MISS SAIGON - “Yvonne”
2009 City Center Encores!, ON THE TOWN - Ensemble
2009 Music Video, “SAND TO THE BEACH” by CK - Lindy Hop Feature
2009 Industry Showing NYC, EVE’S TURN - “Eve 40’s”
2009 Fringe Festival NYC, SCANDALOUS PEOPLE - “Francene”
2009 Broadway, The Actors Fund NYC, CHANCE & CHEMISTRY - Lindy Hop Feature
2009 ABC, THE ACADEMY AWARDS - “The Musical Is Back”
2008 Lincoln Center Live on PBS, CAMELOT - Ensemble
2008-2010 M Stuart Dance Theatre, ADHESION / RED ROOSTER - Principal Dancer
2008 MUNY, MISS SAIGON - “Yvonne”
2008 Shakespeare Theatre Company’s A NIGHT IN VERONA, Harman Center for the Arts, Washington DC, WEST SIDE STORY - “Anita”
2007 Fox Theatre (Atlanta, GA) & Wolf Trap Theatre (Fairfax, VA), WEST SIDE STORY - Teresita
2004-2007 Broadway & 1st National Tour, MOVIN’ OUT - Mulberry St Feature
2003 Westchester Broadway Theatre, SWING! - West Coast & Country Feature
2003 Paramount Pictures, MARCI X - Dancer
2003 City Center Encores!, NO STRINGS - Ensemble
2003 Broadway, MAN OF LA MANCHA - Vacation Swing
2003 AEA Workshop, NEVER GONNA DANCE - Ensemble
2002 City Center Encores!, GOLDEN BOY - Ensemble
2000 ABC, THE VIEW - Swing Dance Specialist
2000 NBC, THE ROSIE O’DONNELL SHOW - Recurring Performer
1999-2001 Broadway, SWING! - Original Cast, u/s & danced all Features
1999 Warner Brothers Label, TERI DEXTER “Better Than Me” tour- Back-up Dancer
1999 AEA Workshop, SWING! - Understudy of all Features
1998 Music Video, “TOUCH ME” by Solo - Red dress feature
1998 MTV, THE DAILY BURN - Burn Squad Principal
1998-1999 Broadway, ON THE TOWN - Original Cast, Lonely Town Pas De Deux
1996-1998 Broadway, THE KING & I - Gold Ballet Solo, u/s & danced Angel George
1996 City Center Encores!, ONE TOUCH OF VENUS - Ensemble
1995 Wolfgang Bocksch Prod. European Tour, WEST SIDE STORY - Teresita
1994 Jean Ann Ryan Prod., QE2 & MS SAGAFJORD- Adage Lead
1993-1994 Regional, Kissimmee, FL, CAPONE’S - “Twinkles”
1991-1993 Walt Disney World, EPCOT CENTER: A CELEBRATION OF NATIONS - World Dancer
1991 USSR Tour- Kremlin, Palace of the Congresses, STARS OF THE AMERICAN BALLET - NJ Ballet Company
1990 FOX, HOME IMPROVEMENT - Tool Time Girl
1989 Taiwan Tour- National Chiang Kai Shek National Theatre, KOZLOV & FRIENDS - NJ Ballet Company
1989-1991 New Jersey Ballet Company, CONCERTO BAROCCO, SYMPHONY IN C, NUTCRACKER, BRAVO BEETHOVEN, LES SYLPHIDES, SLEEPING BEAUTY, CINDERELLA, GRADUATION BALL, PAQUITA
Professional Affiliations / Social Impact / Unions
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative (SIGBI), 2020
Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS (BC-EFA), 1996-Present
Dancers For Good (DFG), 2016, ’17, ’19
Broadway Barkada, 2016 & ’17
Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), 1997 & 2014
The Actors Fund, October 2009
Career Transition For Dancers (CTFD), 2002
Actors Equity Association (AEA) - since 1996
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) - since 1996
Cancelled due to CoVid
Jacob’s Pillow Pillow Party: Hustle March 2020
Inside/Out Series Summer 2020
La Guardia Performing Arts NuVu Dance Festival April 2020
Broadway Ballet Hero Awards Paul Taylor Dance Co. March 2020
Brooklyn Museum’s STUDIO 54 Night Magic March 2020
Publications / Presentations / Invited Panels & Interviews
Dance Educators of Canada, “Ageism in Dance,“ Anchor FM podcast, January 4, 2021.
Dance for Pride 2020, Panelist/Ballroom Instructor, Friday June 19, 2020.
Sandi Klein Show, Conversations With Creative Women, October 25, 2016.
Noodles Needs A Nap, Author & Illustrator, Balboa Press Publishing, 2016.
BroadwayWorld.com, “Gypsy of the Month,” May 2, 2010.
Honors and Awards
Buddha International Film Festival 2020
Best Concept Award Winner
Writer/Director/Producer
Third Coast Dance Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
Writer/Director/Producer
The Actors Fund Professional Development Grant 2019
Scholarship grant for continued education
LA Hustle Congress 2019
1st Place Pro Jack & Jill Medley
Disco America 2016
1st Place Pro Dance Off
Hustle Your Game 2016
1st Place Hustle
International Hustle & Salsa Congress 2015
1st Place Pro-Cabaret
Tam and Young Chair Recipient 2015
Grant for visiting guest artist to teach at the ‘Iolani School
(A private coeducational college preparatory school in Honolulu, HI)
Helen Hayes Nomination 2005
Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-resident Production
Movin’ Out, the National Theatre, Washington, D. C.
North Atlantic Dance Championships 2003
1st Place Pro Cabaret
Gypsy of the Year 1996
Virginia Theatre, NYC
The King & I
National Society of Arts & Letters 1989
New Jersey Chapter Winner
Regional Representative at Nationals
References
Christie Miller, Co-Founder & Head of New York
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF MUSICAL THEATRE
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Susan Lee, Founder & Chief ARTSpreneur
CAMP BROADWAY
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