Christina White

Irish Instructor

Miss Christina has been teaching at FGDA for over 15 years. After seeing Riverdance on TV when she was little and absolutely falling in love with it, she began Irish dancing at 9 years old. She has trained both as a solo and team competitor and performer. During her competitive career, she was ranked 5th in the Western US Region and qualified for the World Championships nine times. She earned a World Recall Medal at the World Championships and placed 44th in the World. Irish dancing has taken her all over America, as well as Canada, Australia, Scotland, England, and Ireland. She has performed with The Chieftains, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Oregon Symphony, Gaelic Storm, and many other world-renowned Irish musicians and groups. She was a gymnast for many years, and spent five years coaching gymnastics in addition to dance. In 2020, she passed CLRG's TCRG exam, a three-day, five-part test, largely regarded the world over as the most difficult examination available to evaluate Irish dancers’ teaching ability. Miss Christina co-owns and operates Oregon Irish Dance Academy and is also currently serving as the President for the All-Ireland Cultural Society of Oregon. Irish dancing is her passion, and she loves helping so many dancers fall in love with Irish dance the same way she did when she was young!