Kristen Katsimpas

Kristen Katsimpas joined Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2014 and is currently an assistant professor of theater, specializing in jazz dance.

As a performer, Katsimpas was most recently a member and soloist of BoSoma Dance Company, directed by Katherine Hooper. While with the company, she performed works by Hooper, Irada Djelassi, and Lindsey Leduc, all over New England. Through BoSoma Dance Company, she has participated in many community outreach events and educational workshops within local schools, and has given performances designed to connect with and give back to the community through dance. She also has performed with both Hyperbole Dance, under the direction of Nikki Sell, and Jazz Inc., under the direction of Stephanie Heroux. 

Katsimpas is currently on the faculty at Emerson College, where she teaches ballet and jazz within the Musical Theater Department and serves as co-lead instructor for the Emerson Pre-College Program. Katsimpas is a dance coach for My College Audition, where she runs a summer dance intensive and prepares students for musical theater dance auditions throughout the year. At the Conservatory, she has been the choreographer for the Youth Musical Theater Program for the past seven years. She has been a guest teacher and choreographer at many intensives across the country, including the Boston Conservatory Musical Theater Acting Intensive (MTAI), the Boston Ballet Summer Intensive, BoSoma School of Dance Intensive, and the Ohana Arts Musical Theater Summer Program on Oahu in Hawaii. 

Katsimpas is an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, holding a B.F.A. in dance, and was a recipient of the Chancellor’s Talent Award. She is currently working towards her master’s degree in education for dance teaching at the Royal Academy of Dance in London.