Christina Ghiardi is originally from Morgantown, West Virginia, where she received her early ballet training from Morgantown Dance Studio. At the age of 14, she was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet School Trainee Program on full scholarship where she studied for one year. Christina attended the School of American Ballet’s 2008 Summer Course and was subsequently invited to attend the School’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 in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Christina joined Nevada Ballet Theatre (NBT) in 2014 where she is currently a company artist. Since joining NBT, she has performed principal roles in Giselle, Cinderella, Alice (In Wonderland), Dracula, The Nutcracker, works by George Balanchine including Serenade, Western Symphony, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, The Four Temperaments, Who Cares?, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and she originated a role in Matthew Neenan’s Until December.

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 has been on faculty at The Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre since 2016. She has appeared as 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. Christina has also choreographed works for Nevada Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet School, The School of American Ballet and Dallas Ballet Company.