Christine
Darch Costume Design
646-221-0526
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Passing Through |
David Palmer |
Washington Ballet |
Home in Seven |
Amy Seiwert |
Atlanta Ballet |
Requiem |
Amy Seiwert |
Smuin Ballet |
Reflections of |
Dwight Rhoden |
North Carolina Dance Theater |
Moon Over Jupiter |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
The Faraway |
Matthew Neenan |
Colorado Ballet |
On Holiday |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
Soon These Two Worlds |
Amy Seiwert |
Smuin Ballet |
White Noise |
Amy Seiwert |
Imijre |
Broken Fantasy |
Dwight Rhoden |
North Carolina Dance Theater |
Fingers of Your Thoughts |
Julia Adam |
Ballet Memphis |
Eventually |
Brian Reeder |
Colorado Ballet |
Things Left Unsaid |
Amy Seiwert |
Colorado Ballet |
Dirty Truths and Pretty Lies |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
| The Little Prince | Julia Adam | Diablo Ballet |
| Mercy | Dwight Rhoden | Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
Surface |
Jae Man Joo |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
The Nutcracker |
Julia Adam |
Marin Ballet |
Postcards from the Woods |
Merian Soto |
Merian Soto Performance Practice |
I Will Not Be Broken |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
Rise |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
Routines |
Dwight Rhoden |
Complexions Contemporary Ballet |
Pulcinella |
Dwight Rhoden |
Brooklyn Academy of Music |
A rose by any other name |
Julia Adam |
San Francisco Ballet |
Straight Line to Never |
Dwight Rhoden |
Colorado Ballet |
Seven Threads |
Julia Adam |
Ballet Memphis |
A Curtain of Green |
Julia Adam |
Ballet Memphis |
Disquietude |
Patti Bradshaw |
St. Ann ’s Warehouse |
Three Branch Songs |
Merian Soto |
Hostos |
before |
Julia Adam |
Ballet Arizona |
Angelo |
Julia Adam |
Oregon Ballet Theatre |
Absence, Presence |
Nadine Helstroffer |
Rubin Museum |
La Mome Bijoux |
Patti Bradshaw |
St. Ann ’s Warehouse |
Untitled |
Merian Soto |
Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, PA |
The Awakening |
Julia Adam |
Ballet Memphis |
The Accidental |
Julia Adam |
Houston Ballet |
Il Nodo |
Julia Adam |
Oregon Ballet Theater |
Ketubah |
Julia Adam |
Houston Ballet |
La Maquina del Tiempo |
Merian Soto |
Temple University , DTW |
Kol Nidre |
Renata Celichowska |
Frederick Lowe Theater, NYU |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Julia Adam |
Marin Ballet |
If a Rose Falls |
Julia Adam |
Atlanta Ballet |
Imaginal Disc |
Julia Adam |
San Francisco Ballet |
Heaven or Cell |
Renata Celichowska |
Frederick Lowe Theater, NYU |
Reverance |
Julia Adam |
Cincinnati Ballet |
Lamento |
Renata Celichowska |
Judson Church |
Fusion |
Annabella Gonzalez |
Queens Theater in the Park |
Slivers of Sky |
Nadine Helstroffer |
Merce Cunningham Studio |
Riddle Stone |
Renata Celichowska |
Frederick Lowe Theater, NYU |
Words |
Ricardo Gomez |
Joyce Soho |
Blind Cities |
Renata Celichowska |
Riverside Church |
In Tree Time |
Iris Salomon |
Barnspace |
These Women |
Amy Pivar Dances |
Lincoln Center |
Super Bon Bon |
Kevin Wynn Collection |
Dance Theater Workshop |
La Nuit Demolie |
Kevin Wynn Collection |
Dance Theater Workshop |
Seems Like We Could |
Kevin Wynn Collection |
White Oak Dance Project |
Falling in Love Again |
Monica Levy |
Purchase College |
Until Death Do Us Part |
Susan Dibble |
Purchase College |
Strange Bedfellows |
Mauri Cramer |
Barnspace |
If You Love Me |
Megan Williams |
Barnspace |
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Film |
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Funny Things |
Theseus Roche |
New York 2000 short |
Manito |
Eric Eason |
New York 2000 feature * |
Beyond the Ocean |
Tony Pemberton |
New York 1999 feature * |
Ruben |
Grant Barbeito |
New York 1998 short* |
Ny: The Lost Civilization |
Dylan McNeil |
New York 1997 short * |
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Theater and Opera Saul |
Jeffrey Gall |
Kasser Theater, Montclair |
WMD:Just the Low Points |
Kevin Doyle |
Chashama Theater |
The Odyssey |
Theseus Roche |
Manhattan Youth Players |
Antigone |
Ariel Nazrean |
Long Island University, Brooklyn |
Saint Joan |
Theseus Roche |
Manhattan Youth Players |
Our American Cousin |
Theseus Roche |
Manhattan Youth Players |
As You Like It |
Theseus Roche |
Manhattan Youth Players |
LOL |
Michael Ching |
Opera Memphis |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Theseus Roche |
Manhattan Youth Players |
Cupid and Psyche |
Timothy Childs |
John Houseman Theater |
Trading Futures |
Jules Taylor |
Pantheon Theater |
A Balloon |
Lisa Brailoff |
Connelly Theater |
The Escapist |
The Flying Machine |
Soho Repertory Theater |
Iolanthe |
Ted Pappas |
P.A.C., Purchase College |
The Merchant of Venice |
Eric Nicholson |
La Commedia Unplugged |
Miss Julie |
John Strasberg |
The Arclight Theatre |
Take the Cake |
Theseus Roche |
Duality Playhouse |
A Life in the Day of Hugh Glass |
Kennan Gudjonsson |
HERE |
DarkMatters |
Kennan Gudjonsson |
HERE |
Mouthbook |
Eben Hewitt |
Rorschach Theater Group |
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Wardrobe: Alvin Ailey, Aterballetto, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Broadway: 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 New York , NY 8/2002-10/2003
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 New York , NY 4/2000
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. New York, NY 4/1999-2/2000
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 New York, NY 4/1993
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, Costume Design Purchase College 1996
B.F.A. (Studies toward): Fashion Design, Parsons School of Design 1989-91
Computer Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Procreate Painter.
