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Cristi Bolt is an instructor and choreographer who has found continued success in her dancing career for over 30 years. Cristi’s continued dedication in teaching dance has earned her the respect of everyone she works with. Although these days Cristi is content teaching and directing her dance program through the City of Doral’s Parks and Recreation Department, her dancing roots run far and wide. She began her dancing career at age 4 with ballet and later went on to study different styles of dance such as jazz, tap, and lyrical under the direction of Heidi and Joe Melchiona. A big part of Cristi’s career was attending various regional and national competitions where as a dancer she received numerous awards such as first place lyrical soloist at Dance Educators of America’s 1991 national finals held in New York City and highest score of the day in group and line categories. Cristi has an extensive performance background having performed throughout South Florida with the American Dance Theatre of Miami from 1991 through 1997. She has appeared in Latin TV commercials and also on the Latin TV show Caliente. In 1992 Cristi auditioned and was excepted to attend the New World School of the Arts College dance division in Miami, where she extensively studied ballet, jazz, and modern dance as well as Labon, dance composition, music, and dance history under the instruction of internationally recognized choreographers such as Mia Michaels and former members of the Martha Graham, Jose Limon, and Alvin Ailey dance companies. It is working with such professionals that Cristi is able to bring an amazing array of dance style and teaching techniques to her classes today. Past students have followed in her footsteps winning top awards and dancing professionally throughout the United States.  Cristi began teaching dance over 30 years ago at the studio where she studied. She then went on to open her very own studio, Cristi’s Dance Studio at Doral in 1999. She has been contracted with the City of Doral since 2008, offering dance classes as well as summer camp programs first at Morgan Levy Park and now at Doral Legacy Park.