Crystal Nilsson

Degrees:

• B.S., Ball State Univ., 1999
• M.F.A, Smith College, 2011

Director of Dance
e: cnilsson@deerfield.edu  

Crystal Nilsson is a choreographer, performing artist, and dance educator. She is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst (CLMA), Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME), board member of the Massachusetts Dance Education Organization (MaDEO), and she holds an MFA in Dance and Choreography from Smith College and a BS in Dance Performance from Ball State University. She is currently the acting Director of Dance at Deerfield Academy. Crystal has previously taught as an Adjunct Professor at Springfield College, Teaching Instructor at ACDFA (Keene State and Connecticut College), and as a Teaching Fellow/Adjunct Professor at Smith College. Crystal has received honors such as the Merit for Choreography award at ACDFA, a Teaching Fellowship at Smith College, and has had the privilege to dance with Monica Bill Barnes, Alan Sener, and Bill Evans. Crystal teaches LMA (Laban Movement Analysis), contemporary/modern, jazz, ballet, tap, and swing dance.