Kristen Whalen

Kristen Whalen is a Chicago-based artist and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received her BA in Dance and BS in Industrial Engineering. During her time in college, she was fortunate to perform in works by Cynthia Oliver, Tere O’Connor, Roxane D’Orleans Juste, and Sara Hook among many others. In her last year of college, Whalen was selected as the recipient of the Lisa Carducci Memorial Scholarship. Whalen is currently Rehearsal Director for Alluvion Dance Chicago and continues to work on freelance projects with regional artists including KT Williams and Kayt MacMaster.