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Movin Out: Broadway Teen Dance Star Crossing America By Tara Puckey, Broadway Magazine
A budding star has hit the ground running with Broadway Across America's "Movin' Out," a musical by Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel. Chris Lingner, a young performer who graduated from University High School in Indianapolis just last year, has a short bio but a plethora of talent. Dancing since the age of five, Lingner is no stranger to the stage. He performed with Showtime Dance for 12 years, followed by a two year stint at Beyond Dance Studio just north of Indianapolis. Demands in the dance world required Lingner to seek a more flexible, yet educationally challenging, program at University High School. Following graduation, Lingner was accepted to the University of Arizona where he planned pursue dreams of performing with an incredibly talented dance company. Showbiz, however, had other plans. While performing at a national dance competition in Nashville, Tennessee, Lingner was approached about casting for "Movin' Out." A couple phone calls later and two days before Lingner was to leave for college, he auditioned in Chicago. Five hours of grueling numbers, a second day of auditions and an experience amazing in itself led to Lingner being offered a role. With such an opportunity, Lingner deferred college and packed his bags. Because "Movin' Out" is a traveling production, he has the opportunity to travel extensively. "It's amazing to get to really see the country." Lingner explains, "It's things you may have seen in pictures but is so much more majestic in real life." Lingner still misses Indiana, almost every day in fact. He explains that friends and family are a large part of his life and being away from them is sometimes difficult. He does, however, get some well-deserved time off and equates it to being in college away from home. In the future, Lingner would like to continue working if circumstances allow, but doesn't plan on giving up his goal to participate in a strong college dance company. Although Lingner insists he was never a big dreamer about New York City, becoming a hit sensation, or the bright lights of Broadway, fate has seemed to disagree. A talented young performer, Chris Lingner's star continues to ascend.
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