Christina Ghiardi

Christina Ghiardi is originally from Morgantown, West Virginia. She studied with the Joffrey Ballet School Trainee Program on full scholarship for one year before being invited to attend the School of American Ballet’s Winter Term, where she completed four years of pre-professional training.

Upon graduating from SAB in 2012, Christina joined Boston Ballet II where she performed with Boston Ballet and in 2013 appeared as a guest artist with Pennsylvania Ballet. Christina joined Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT) in 2014 where she is currently a company artist. Since joining NBT, she has performed principal roles in ballets such as Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, Cinderella, Septime Webre’s Alice (In Wonderland), The Wizard of Oz, Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, James Canfield’s Giselle, Cinderella and George Balanchine’s Serenade, The Nutcracker, Allegro Brillante, Western Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Rubies, The Four Temperaments, Who Cares?, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has also originated featured roles in Matthew Neenan’s Until December, Trey McIntyre’s Crown Shyness and Lauren Lovette’s Back When.

During Christina’s final year at SAB, she was one of two advanced students selected by Peter Martins and Kay Mazzo for an inaugural student teacher program. Christina joined the faculty of Boston Ballet School’s pre-professional division for the 2013-2014 school year and The School of Nevada Ballet Theatre’s faculty in 2016. She has appeared a guest teacher at SAB’s Summer Course, Boston Ballet School’s Summer Dance Program, Dallas Ballet Center and The University of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. As a choreographer, Christina has choreographed over 20 works for companies and schools including Ballet West II, The School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet School, Avant Chamber Ballet, The School of Nevada Ballet Theatre, Ballet Orange County, artÉmotion, Neville Dance Theatre and Dallas Ballet Company. In 2022, she was selected as a choreographic fellow for the University of Utah’s Choreographic Institute and her works, Nuvole Bianche, Prayer for Peace and Chronos, have appeared as finalists at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival.