About Ms. Crystal
Rebecca Crystal graduated with a BFA in Dance with minors in English and Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She achieved a PK-12 Dance Education licensure from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, completing her student teaching at Ravenswood Elementary and Whitney Young Magnet High School. She has lived in Israel, training with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company and Batsheva Dance Company. Ms. Crystal has taught at The Chicago High School for the Arts and Dyett High School for the Arts and she integrated dance into elementary schools through Hubbard Street Dance Center’s outreach program. Additionally, she has taught at Joel Hall Dance Center and Foster Dance Studios. She has spent four summers teaching at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.
Ms. Crystal enjoys choreographing and performing whenever time allows, achieving this through a modern dance collective entitled Delve. She loves biking, hiking, camping, and generally being in nature. An avid animal-lover, she adores her adopted cats named Rue and Luna, odes to two favorite literary characters. Hint: she is a fan of fantasy and dystopian literature. She lives on the north side of Chicago with her husband of one year.
Ms. Crystal is incredibly excited to be continuing into her second year at Ogden and believes in the power of art to bring people together.
Ms. Crystal enjoys choreographing and performing whenever time allows, achieving this through a modern dance collective entitled Delve. She loves biking, hiking, camping, and generally being in nature. An avid animal-lover, she adores her adopted cats named Rue and Luna, odes to two favorite literary characters. Hint: she is a fan of fantasy and dystopian literature. She lives on the north side of Chicago with her husband of one year.
Ms. Crystal is incredibly excited to be continuing into her second year at Ogden and believes in the power of art to bring people together.