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Christine Cox co-founded BalletX, Philadelphia\u2019s premier contemporary ballet, with Matthew Neenan in 2005. Under her leadership as Artistic & Executive Director, the BalletX team has produced 150 world premiere ballets by over 80 renowned and emerging choreographers from around the world and toured at prestigious international venues including Vail Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jacob\u2019s Pillow Dance Festival, New York City Center, and Belgrade Dance Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout her tenure, Cox has committed BalletX to expanding dance\u2019s vocabulary for all audiences, promoting initiatives that make contemporary ballet accessible and welcoming to new audiences. In 2013, she and her team launched The X-Process, an engagement program that invites audience members to participate in pre-show conversations with choreographers and open rehearsals. Through BalletX\u2019s Dance eXchange education program, she has partnered with elementary schools throughout the Philadelphia School District to emphasize dance as a means to promote self-confidence and acquire valuable life skills, reaching more than 4,000 local students. In December 2016, Cox led a TEDx Talk at the George School about innovation in the field of contemporary ballet, from the art form\u2019s historical traditions to today\u2019s world of evolving definitions and globalization. In February 2023, Cox led a discussion with Harvard University\u2019s Harvard Dance Center on leadership in the arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cox has prioritized making both artistic and civic connections as a leader in her Philadelphia community. As an arts leader, she has served on review panels for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Cox<\/span>\u00a0is a member of the Forum of Executive Women, a recipient of Avenue of the Arts\u2019 2022 Visionary Award, and a recipient of Philadelphia Citizen’s 2025 Innovator of the Year Award, and has received distinguished fellowships from the Independence Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cox was a full-time company member with Pennsylvania Ballet from 1993 until her retirement from the stage in 2006. She trained in classical ballet at the Pennsylvania Ballet School and continued at the Performing Arts School of Philadelphia, spending summer sessions at the Joffrey and San Francisco Ballet schools. Some of her featured roles included Rum and Coca Cola in Paul Taylor\u2019s <\/span>Company B<\/span><\/i>, Eve in Margo Sappington\u2019s <\/span>Rodin<\/span><\/i>, Mis En Vie the Cowgirl in Agnes DeMille\u2019s <\/span>Rodeo<\/span><\/i>, and principal female roles in Jerome Robbins\u2019 <\/span>Fancy Free<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Concert<\/span><\/i>. During this time, Cox served for ten years as the rehearsal assistant of the children\u2019s corp for Pennsylvania Ballet\u2019s annual production of Balanchine\u2019s <\/span>The Nutcracker<\/span><\/i>. Prior to joining the Pennsylvania Ballet, she danced with BalletMet (Columbus, OH), as a guest artist with Ballet Hispanico (New York, NY), and with the American Repertory Ballet (Princeton, NJ). Cox is the proud mother of two young boys, Warren and Wesley.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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