Uchida, Christine (1952–)

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Uchida, Christine (1952–)

American ballet dancer. Born April 20, 1952, in Chicago, IL.

Trained at School of American Ballet and American Ballet Center in New York, NY; performed with City Center Joffrey Ballet for many years, creating featured roles in Gerald Arpino's Chabriesque (1972) and Sacred Grove on Mount Tamalpais (1972), Eliot Feld's Jive (1973), and Twyla Tharp's Deuce Coupe I and As Time Goes By (1973); joined Twyla Tharp's company, where she created roles in From Hither and Yon (1976), Mud (1977), Baker Dozen (1979), and others.