IMOLC in LA Dance Chronicle
Chryssie Whitehead Wants to Talk, Sing, and Dance about Mental Health
“Chryssie Whitehead is a powerhouse performer, a deeply compelling artist with a huge resumé. The Broadway and Hollywood triple-threat is on tour with her show, My Own Little Corner, My Work In Process With Bi-Polar Disorder. The California tour stop is this coming Sunday, March 23, 2024 at the Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation. Rather than focusing on her enviable career, the show explores Ms. Whitehead’s Bipolar 2 diagnosis and the dissection of her life story that followed; where that story has been entwined with that of her mother, and when and where it has diverged…
“I was able to preview the show and spend some time in discussion with Ms. Whitehead. Her enthusiasm for education, enlightenment, and illuminating pathways out of dark spaces is infectious. The show is part of a broader realignment of her priorities, which currently focus on education rather than performing and choreography.”