INSIDE, COLD ANGER, ON THE SPOT, FISTS CLENCHED, NO WORDS
Rage © Cristiana Morganti
INSIDE, COLD ANGER, ON THE SPOT, FISTS CLENCHED, NO WORDS
Cristiana Morganti obtains her degree in Classical Dance at the National Dance Academy in Rome and in Modern Dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. She collaborates with a number of established choreographers such as Susanne Linke, Urs Dietrich, Felix Ruckert, VA Wölfl and Wanda Golonka. From 1993 until 2014 she is solo dancer at Pina Bausch Tanzhteater Wuppertal.
In 2010, Cristiana Morganti begins her choreographic activity with the solo performance MOVING WITH PINA. It follows in 2014 JESSICA AND ME which sees her again in the double role of choreographer and interpreter. In 2016 she creates the full evening Duo A FURY TALE and in 2017 THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO LEAVE ME, a piece on commission for the Italian Company Aterballetto. Her latest piece ANOTHER ROUND FOR FIVE, premiered in 2019. Her creations are presented around the world on stages and festivals like Dublin Dance Festival, La Biennale de la Danse ( Lyon ), Théâtre des Abbesses / Théâtre de la Ville ( Paris ), The Place ( London ), Tanz im August ( Berlin ), Dansens Hus ( Stockholm ), Festival Bipod ( Beirut ), Euro Scene ( Leipzig ).
Cristiana has been awarded of important prizes such like the Positano Leonide Massine Prize, the Italian Critic Award Danza & Danza as best Interpreter/Choreographer and in June 2020 as best Interpreter for the season 2019/2020 with the prestigious Prix du Syndicat professionnel de la Critique francaise.