has staged the Chicago choreography on every continent except Antarctica. He worked closely with Choreographer Ann Reinking on many of the productions and taught roles to Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Usher, Brooke Shields, Charlotte d’Amboise, Amra-Faye Wright, Jennifer Holliday and too many others to be listed. He is in demand to stage classical ballet works including the landmark Petrouchka for American Ballet Theatre, The National Ballet of Canada and the Mariinsky Ballet and Jerome Robbins’ NY Export Opus Jazz for the Juilliard School and University of Indiana. He assisted Ann Reinking in creating choreography for a production of Kander and Ebb’s The Visit with Chita Rivera at the Signature Theater in Virginia. He was Co-Choreographer of a new production of West Side Story in Brazil and choreographed a new American production of  South Pacific, Nijinsky in Japan and numerous MTV videos. Mr. Chryst’s Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, A Chorus Line and an international tour of West Side Story. He had a notable career as a dancer with The Joffrey Ballet and Nederlans Dans Theatre 3. He performed as a guest with the companies of Twyla Tharp, David Parsons, Lar Lubovitch, Eliot Feld, Jose Limon, Nureyev and Friends among others.