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ADDITIONAL CLIENTELE ACCOLADES:

Talent: Experience a confidence boost in your performance by learning how to express genuine passion for your talent.

• Musicality & Styling

• Blocking & Choreography

• Tuning/Ear Training

• Wardrobe Options

• Mental Strategies

• Pre-Performance Preparation

• Overall Presentation Aspects

• Music Track Edits

• Music Composition

• Music Rearrangement Needs

• Talent Tech Representation

• Week-of Competition “Prep Rep”

Musician  |  Theatrical  |  Comedy  |  Vocalist  |  Puppetry | Dance | Special Interest

Christie Lukes has been involved in stage production since the age of four – performing in front of thousands of people throughout the years. She has held both stage and leadership roles as a director, producer, choreographer, performer, dancer and aerial artist. As a scene prouder and choreographer, she has worked with dancers and performers as young as 5, all the way through adulthood. For over 20 years, Christie was involved in one of the largest Christmas Production in Arizona which serves over 50,000 audience members over a two-week period). In 2018-19, she directed and oversaw all aspects of production for the “The Story,” an Easter Production in Anthem, AZ.

Christie grew up learning ballet, tap, jazz and hip-hop, and throughout college socially danced all styles of ballroom, Latin and swing dance. She is also an accomplished pianist with over 20 years of experience, with additional musical abilities in the flute, piccolo, vocal, guitar, and marching snare. She has received ABODA Superior with Distinction awards for piano and flute, along with the Miss Tucson Desert Rose 2011 talent award. Christie is also a performer, instructor, composer, center (lead) Drum Major for an award-winning High School marching band.

A Summa Cum Laude graduate, Christie has a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. She has her own business (www.creativemediagal.com) where she produces a variety of projects such as producing, editing, scripting, and shooting a variety of video project needs. Christie is now a free agent, but was previously signed with Leighton Agency, a full service talent and modeling agency that provides local and national brands. Prior to her having her own business, she worked with companies such as the Walt Disney Company, City of Tempe and Mesa, MLB Arizona Diamondbacks, KPHO-Five Investigative team, the Department of the Interior and the Salt River Project; one of the nation's largest utility companies.

Christie was a 2012 local titleholder, and was awarded as a top ten semi-finalist at Miss Arizona (a preliminary competition for Miss America). She has volunteered since then in multiple pageant systems as a judge’s chair, emcee and mock interviewer. Christie provides coaching to both Arizona and across the nation competitors, as well as titleholder, “Year-of-Service” videos through her professional videography skills.

Learning never stops for Christie, as she continues to develop her skills with the hope to encourage future generations to achieve their dreams through their own gifts and abilities.

At the end of the day, I want my clients to experience their best moment on stage, and then take those skills into their everyday life. Whether it’s with the goal to, “win it all,” or simply have a new sense of confidence on stage. The skills I teach transpires way beyond the pageant world, and into your school, career, and overall life. You are capable of amazing things – and I look forward to potentially work alongside with you in your discovery of this.

Click on the button below to contact me for a free questionnaire form (that will help me get an idea of your goals), or for more information, rates and availability. Let this new journey of learning and growing begin!