Christine
Darch Costume Design
646-221-0526
631-757-2940
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Dwight Rhoden | Complexions Contemporary Ballet | |
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A rose by any other name Momentary Forevers Straight Line to Never Seven Threads A Curtain of Green Disquietude |
Dwight Rhoden Julia Adam Dwight Rhoden Dwight Rhoden Julia Adam Julia Adam Patti
Bradshaw |
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Three Branch Songs |
Merian
Soto |
Hostos |
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before |
Julia
Adam |
Ballet
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Angelo |
Julia Adam |
Oregon
Ballet Theatre |
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Absence, Presence |
Nadine
Helstroffer |
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Miss Bijoux |
Patti
Bradshaw |
St.
Ann’s Warehouse |
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Untitled |
Merian
Soto |
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The Awakening |
Julia
Adam |
Ballet
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The Accidental |
Julia Adam |
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Il Nodo |
Julia
Adam |
Oregon
Ballet Theater |
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Ketubah |
Julia
Adam |
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La Maquina del Tiempo |
Merian
Soto |
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Kol Nidre |
Renata
Celichowska |
Frederick
Lowe Theater, NYU |
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Julia
Adam |
Marin
Ballet |
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If a |
Julia
Adam |
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Imaginal Disc |
Julia
Adam |
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Heaven or Cell |
Renata
Celichowska |
Frederick
Lowe Theater, NYU |
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Reverance |
Julia
Adam |
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Lamento |
Renata
Celichowska |
Judson
Church |
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Fusion |
Annabella
Gonzalez |
Queens
Theater in the Park |
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Slivers of Sky |
Nadine
Helstroffer |
Merce
Cunningham Studio |
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Riddle Stone |
Renata
Celichowska |
Frederick
Lowe Theater, NYU |
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Words |
Ricardo
Gomez |
Joyce
Soho |
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Blind Cities |
Renata
Celichowska |
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In Tree Time |
Iris
Salomon |
Barnspace |
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These Women |
Amy
Pivar Dances |
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Super Bon Bon |
Kevin
Wynn Collection |
Dance
Theater Workshop |
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La Nuit Demolie |
Kevin
Wynn Collection |
Dance
Theater Workshop |
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Seems Like We Could |
Kevin
Wynn Collection |
White
Oak Dance Project |
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Falling in Love Again |
Monica
Levy |
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Until Death Do Us Part |
Susan
Dibble |
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Strange Bedfellows |
Mauri
Cramer |
Barnspace |
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If You Love Me |
Megan
Williams |
Barnspace |
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Film |
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Funny Things |
Theseus
Roche |
New
York 2000 short |
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Manito |
Eric
Eason |
New
York 2000 feature *
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Beyond the Ocean |
Tony
Pemberton |
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Ruben |
Grant
Barbeito |
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Ny: The Lost Civilization |
Dylan
McNeil |
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The Odyssey |
Theseus
Roche |
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Antigone |
Ariel
Nazrean |
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Saint Joan |
Theseus
Roche |
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Our American Cousin |
Theseus
Roche |
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As You Like It |
Theseus
Roche |
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LOL |
Michael
Ching |
Opera |
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Theseus
Roche |
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Cupid and Psyche |
Timothy
Childs |
John
Houseman Theater |
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Trading Futures |
Jules
Taylor |
Pantheon
Theater |
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A Balloon |
Lisa
Brailoff |
Connelly
Theater |
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The Escapist |
The
Flying Machine |
Soho
Repertory Theater |
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Iolanthe |
Ted
Pappas |
P.A.C.,
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The Merchant of |
Eric
Nicholson |
La
Commedia Unplugged |
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Miss Julie |
John
Strasberg |
The
Arclight Theatre |
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Take the Cake |
Theseus
Roche |
Duality
Playhouse |
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A Life in the Day of Hugh Glass |
Kennan
Gudjonsson |
HERE |
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Dark Matters |
Kennan
Gudjonsson |
HERE |
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Mouthbook |
Eben
Hewitt |
Rorschach
Theater Group |
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Wardrobe
experience: Alvin
Ailey, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun, Betty Buckley, Phillip Glass, Manhattan
Transfer, Penn and Teller, Paul Taylor, Tommy Tune, and Westchester Hudson
Opera.
Repertory Ballet
works mounted: Balanchine's
Serenade, Tarantella; Merce Cunningham's Duets,
Paul Taylor's Three Epitaphs,
Doug Varone's Strict Love.
Employment History
Costume Designer 1996-present
Wedding Designer
Designed
wedding dresses, formal wear, hair, makeup and/or accessories from 1996-present.
The Metropolitan
Opera
Costume
Shop Staff Shopper
Functions
performed included:
- Meeting with department head,
resident designer and production managers to determine the current needs
of the costume shop and prioritize the execution of the following
functions:
- Swatching, sourcing, and
purchasing fabric and other materials for all premiere and repertory
productions
- Sourcing and purchasing
ready- to- wear clothing, formal wear, footwear, and accessories for all
premiere and repertory productions
- Selecting and overseeing
projects with outside costume shop service vendors, including: cobblers,
furriers, milliners, glove makers, jewelers , leather workers, pleaters,
and tailors
- Maintaining supplies
inventory of costume shop offices and workrooms
- Maintaining and
refreshing fabric, notion and trim
sample library
- Placing, tracking, and
completing purchase requisitions for orders on account
- Maintaining and submitting
reports on petty cash expenditures of several thousand dollars per week
Wearkstatt
Draper,
pattern maker
Functions
performed included:
- Over-hired draping and
patternmaking of ready to wear wedding gowns for pre-wedding week fashion
show
Untitled, Inc.
Interior
Designer, restaurants
Functions
performed included:
- Assisting interior architect
in developing and executing design concepts for AZ, Gubbio, and Alba’s
Ristorante.
- Overseeing artisan and
contractor labor projects.
- Sourcing, ordering, and
installation of design materials and supplies including furniture,
lighting, soft goods, artwork, paint, flooring, etc.
- Billing, book keeping, and
expenditure tracking
John Sahag Workshop
Assistant
Colorist –hair
colorist in all aspects and techniques of hair color and styling
Bocu Salon Dix
Hills, NY 9/1989-4/1993
Assistant
Colorist –hair colorist
in all aspects and techniques of hair color and styling
Education
B.F.A. Theater Design/Technology,
B.F.A. (Studies toward):
Fashion Design, Parsons School of Design
1989-91
Computer
Skills: Adobe
Photoshop, Corel Procreate Painter.
