CHRISTINA LYNCH MARKHAM grew up in Westbury, New York and began dancing with Lori Shaw, and continued at Holy Trinity High School under the direction of Catherine Murphy. She attended Hofstra University on scholarship and performed works by Cathy McCann, Karla Wolfangle, Rachel List, Robin Becker, and Lance Westergard. During college she also trained at The Taylor School, and attended the Company’s Summer Intensive Program. After graduating Summa Cum Laude in 2004, she danced with the Amy Marshall Dance Company, Stacie Nelson and The Dance Theater Company. She joined Taylor 2 in Summer 2008, and made her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Summer 2013.
“At 13 I enjoyed a ballet on PBS and told my dad I wanted to do that. A few days later I signed up for dance lessons.”
Origins: “I’m half Chinese, half Irish. My family sacrificed so much for me to do what I love. My Chinese grandma cultivated my artistic side.”
Taylor introduction: “Esplanade at City Center, and I was lucky to have Taylor alumni Cathy McCann, Karla Wolfangle and Joao Mauricio as teachers at Hofstra.”
Taylor’s work: “Athletic. Passionate. Daring.”
Days off: “I love to cook, spend time with family, and snuggle with my cats.”
Favorite music: Sinéad O’Connor’s “Lion and the Cobra.”
Advocacy: “It’s important to help and inspire young dancers; they’re our future!”
Personal slogan: “Dance the F&@ out of it!!”
Christina Lynch Markham in Changes, photo by Whitney Browne.
