Chris Cross (dancer)

Chris Cross (* 1994 in Villach , Austria ; real name Christopher Woschitz) is an Austrian dancer. He was ten-time Austrian national champion and seven-time European and world champion in urban dance ( locking , popping , breaking ). As a dance teacher , he teaches at the Santner dance school in Wels and at the SEAD in Salzburg.

Life

Christopher Woschitz was born in 1994 in Villach in the federal state of Carinthia and grew up in the market town of Arnoldstein . At the age of 10 he started dancing at the Valeina Dance Academy at the request of his mother. He started with jazz and tap dance . After two years he discovered his passion for the dance style Breaking and switched the dance class to Hip Hop. After the first small appearances in the community, he took part in show dance championships with the help of the Valeina dance school. At the Austrian Showdance Championship in 2008 he met his future mentor Patrick Grigo . Patrick Grigo promoted him and often invited him to his dance events in Burghausen , Germany . This gave him access to the hip-hop scene . Through numerous dance courses, workshops and dance camps, he learned from successful and well-known dancers from all over the world. A big influence came from the hip-hop dancer Niels Robitzky . Woschitz occupied himself more and more intensively with urban dance styles. Over the next decade, he won many championship titles in urban dance styles. He moved to Salzburg in 2014 and started his own business as a professional dancer in 2016. Since then he has been booked by well-known companies for special occasions and appears at their events. Today he dances on large national and international stages and has smaller television appearances.

Competitions

• 2006: ASDU Austrian Open (1st place)
• 2006: ASDU European Open (2nd place)
• 2006: Dance Chance Carinthia (2nd place)
• 2007: ASDU Austrian Open (1st place)
• 2007: ASDU European Open (1st place)
• 2007: Dance Chance Carinthia (1st place)
• 2007: Dance Chance Finale (2nd place)
• 2008: ESDU DanceStar Austria (1st place)
• 2008: ASDU German Open (1st place)
• 2008: ASDU European Open (1st place)
• 2008: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2009: ESDU DanceStar Austria (1st place)
• 2009: ASDU German Open (2nd place)
• 2009: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2010: ASDU Austrian Open (1st place)
• 2010: ASDU European Open (1st place)
• 2010: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2011: ESDU DanceStar Austria (1st place)
• 2011: ASDU German Open (1st place)
• 2011: ESDU European Open (1st place)
• 2011: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2012: ESDU World Dance Masters (2nd place)
• 2015: ASDU Austrian Open (1st place)
• 2015: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2016: ESDU DanceStar Austria (1st place)
• 2016: ESDU World Dance Masters (1st place)
• 2016: Battle of the Year Central Europe (1st place)
• 2016: International Battle of the Year
• 2016: World Championship of Performing Arts (Gold)
• 2017: Battle of the Year Central Europe (2nd place)

Web links

• Spotlight at Dance in Austria
• Archive of And8
• Official website of Christopher Woschitz alias Chris Cross
• Presentation of the Santner dance school
• Description of TEDxLinz
• Newspaper report from mein district.at
• Info from Hip Hop goes Theater
• Logging from the appearance on the TV show Das Supertalent
• Newspaper report of the Kleine Zeitung
• News bulletin of the market town of Arnoldstein
• Report in Spittal an der Drau
• Extract from tips.at
• Valeina dance school records
• Presentation of events

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Valeina Dance Academy. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Austrian Show Dance Union International - Dancing, sport, passion united with us. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
3. ↑ https://dancestar.org : DanceStar. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Home Dance Austria. September 18, 2016, accessed on May 4, 2020 (German). 
5. ↑ WCOPA Final Show Interviews by ONDA SPOT LIVE - WCOPA World Championship of Performing Arts. Retrieved May 4, 2020 (UK English).