Cristiana Morganti graduated in classical ballet at National Dance Academy in Rome, followed by a degree in contemporary dance at Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany. She has continued working with Susanne Linke, Urs Dietrich, Felix Ruckert and with the Neuer Tanz dance company under the direction by VA Wölfl and Wanda Golonka.

In order to refine her skills, Cristiana Morganti studies voice and theatre research at Eugenio Barba’s Odin Theatre in Denmark. She works as a solo dancer for Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal from 1993 until 2014, when she leaves the company to dedicate herself to choreography and independent interpretation. Cristiana created numerous choregraphies for Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris’ dancers and has put on Moving with Pina (2010) and Jessica and Me (2014), for which she was awarded Positano Lenonilde Massine Award in 2011 and Premio Danza&Danza award in 2014.

Cristiana Morganti is currently on tour in Italy and abroad with her 2016 duet creation A Fury Tale. She also choreographed ‘Non sapevano dove lasciarmi’ for Aterballetto company in 2017.