Event Description: The Donkey Mill invites you to a special presentation with Donkey Mill Artist in Residence Christian Burns. Engaging closely with our community through workshops, presentations, and shared creative practice this spring, Burns will develop new performance work centered on water and embodied experience, culminating in a live presentation at our Spring Exhibition: Stories of Water: International Print Exchange on view March 28 – June 27, 2026.
Event Details: This event is free and open to the public. If able, please bring a healthy dish to share and/or something to drink for a communal dinner. The artist talk will begin at 6:00pm.
About the Artist: Christian Burns is an interdisciplinary dance artist, choreographer, performer, and educator with over 30 years of experience. His work merges classical ballet training with improvisation and somatic practice, centering on how we move, perceive, and connect through presence. His inquiry explores the intersection of choreography, improvisation, and lived experience.
Christian has performed with leading companies including Alonzo King LINES Ballet, James Sewell Ballet, and The Forsythe Company, and has co-founded influential spaces for experimentation such as The Foundry and Parsons Hall Project Space.
About Our Programs: As a place of convergence, the Mill serves as both a community and a physical place–celebrating the power of the arts, bringing people, ideas and perspectives together. We are proud to offer adult and youth programs that focus on awareness of one’s individuality in the contexts of family, community and the natural world. Our exhibitions provide a space to reflect, share perspectives and grow as a community. Our classes & workshops are designed to inspire creativity, foster connections, and provide enriching experiences for all participants. We invite you to join us in the studio.
