Christina King has been dancing since her childhood in Colorado, mostly performing in music theater productions and dance teams through high school. At Beloit College, Christina, a music major, performed in several music theater productions, starring in two of them. In 1993 she joined up with the Midwest Rock Opera Company, where she became a principal actress and choreographer.

Christina's belly dance studies began in 1993, studying folkloric Middle-Eastern dance with Tahjah of Madison, Wisconsin. She was a regular performer and choreographer with Tahjah's dance company. After moving to Chicago in 1996, Christina began studying Egyptian Oriental dance with Jasmin Jahal, later becoming an apprentice member of her dance company, Ward el Sahara. While still studying with Jasmin, Christina added tribal belly dance to her repertoire in 1999 under the tutelage of Stephanie Barto. Soon she was performing in Barto's student troupe, The Fringe Connection.

In 2001 Christina, along with Audrey, Wendy, and Seana Dishun (now of Ashar) formed Blue Lotus Tribe. She also began her professional solo dance career, performing at festivals, clubs and at private and corporate events all over the Chicago area. Soon she began to travel and seek out master instructors and has logged many hours learning from them.

Christina began teaching regular belly dance classes in 2003 and by 2004 was invited to teach workshops with the members of Blue Lotus Tribe throughout the Midwest. She was able to leave her regular career as a high school music teacher in 2005 to pursue dance full-time. In 2007, she studied intensively with Kajira Djoumahna of Hawaii, certifying to teach Kajira's Blacksheep Bellydance tribal format, one of the three major formats of tribal belly dance. Today, Christina and the teachers of Blue Lotus Tribe are in nationwide demand as workshop instructors, traveling to several cities each year to teach and perform. She is currently working towards opening her own world dance studio in Elgin, Illinois just West of Chicago.

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