Adjunct Faculty and Associate Director CCBC Dance Company
Kristi attended the University of Oklahoma as a teaching fellow where she received her MFA in modern dance (2011). She also has a BFA in dance education from Kent State University (2004).
Through a graduate student grant, she studied Laban Movement Analysis at the Laban Institute in NYC. Ms. Schaffner has performed with Jeslyn Dance Gallery, Clawson Dances, Junction Dance Theatre and Tommy Parlon Dance Projects among others. She is currently a dancer and Director of Education and Outreach for Dragonfly Dance Experiment.
Her choreography has been presented across the country including Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City, Washington D.C., Annapolis, Baltimore, Salt Lake City and at the Howard County Dance Festival.
A passion for education has inspired her to create and implement dance curricula for both preschools and charter school students diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.
Ms. Schaffner is a current adjunct faculty member in the dance divisions of Anne Arundel Community College and the Community College of Baltimore County and is a frequent guest instructor and performer in schools and community events.