Kristin Arcidiacono

Kristin Arcidiacono

Contact Info

Email: Kristin.Arcidiacono@gcccd.edu

Kristin Arcidiacono is a Lecturer in the Department of Theater and Dance at University of California, San Diego and is an Adjunct Dance Professor in the San Diego Community College District and Grossmont College District. She holds a BFA Degree in Musical Theater Dance and her MA Degree in Educational Leadership. Kristin Firmly believes that learning to Dance is imperative to the mind/body connection and that dance as an educational art form improves the body both mentally and physically. She impresses to her students the importance of dance as a “hand me down” art form and uses historical and traditional movement mixed with current and contemporary movement to train her students. She has completed extensive research in the positive effects that dance has on the brain and her Theses is entitled “The Importance of Dance in the Educational Curriculum”.  She enjoys sharing her passion for dance and has served on several committees in order to preserve dance in the educational system.

Kristin wrote Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Tools for San Diego City College Dance Department and provided data for Taskstream, a state wide program that measures assessment, accreditation and program achievement. She served as a Senator for the Academic Senate Committee at City College and has been a UCSD Arts Bridge Faculty Mentor.

As an Instructor, Kristin is always concerned for the quality of her classes. She understands diversity and learning differentials. No two classes are alike and instruction must be tailored to fit a particular class. She enjoys mentoring and guiding her students through their own dance paths, has formed many long-term relationships and has been thrilled to watch many of them reach professional success.

As a professional dancer, Kristin performed with Strictly Jazz and Jazz Unlimited Concert Jazz Dance Companies, toured Europe as a Jazz and Musical Theater dancer with various dance companies and participated in a German television documentary on Jazz Dance. She also performed with the California Rhythm Project Tap Company and has acted and danced in television and worked with local television personalities on Industrials and charity events. She was Dance Captain for the Cashai Dancers in San Diego and performed weekly in their reviews for ten years. She has taught at San Diego Ballet, California Ballet, Stage 7, Hammonds, Peninsula Dance Arts and San Diego Mesa College.

Kristin teaches Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Musical Theater Dance. She has choreographed for UCSD, Mesa College, City College and Grossmont College and is currently on the faculty at UCSD, San Diego City College and Grossmont College.