Born in Madrid (Spain), Cristina Casa began her ballet training at the María Larios and África Guzmán schools, obtaining honors at the Royal Academy of Dance. In 2005 she continued her studies at Steps on Broadway and American Ballet Theater. Her first professional steps began in 1998 with only 15 years old where she performed with the Ballet Joven África Guzmán several tours around the Community of Madrid and other provinces, in the cultural Tuesdays of Caja Madrid and Red de Teatros de la Comunidad de Madrid.
She won the first prize of the City of Castellón obtaining a scholarship with The London Studio Center in London, where she joined the Images Company under the direction of Margaget Barbieri, David Ashmole, Barry Math Garth.
Cristina danced with English National Ballet, in 2007 in the production of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall. In 2008 she became an inaugural member of Corella Ballet Castilla y León in Spain as corps de ballet, under the direction of Ángel Corella. In April 2009 she was promoted to Soloist. Her roles with the Company include: Bayadera by Natalia Makarova, Clark Tippet from Bruch Violin Concerto, Twyla Tharp, In the upper Room, String Sextet by Ángel Corella, Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, VIII, Fourth Pas de deux in DGV, and Walz Pas de Deux from Polyphonia, La Fierecilla domada, El Corsario, Raymonda, The Sleeping Beauty, La Esmeralda Pas de Deux, Coppelia, Swan Lake, Paquita and Creación by Rojas y Rodríguez, Pálpito premiered at the City Center in New York.
In September 2012 she won the Giuliana Penzi Grand Prize in recognition of talent, at the X Edition Labat Loano Danza in Italy.
In November 2012 under the direction of Assis Carreiro she joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Her performances include: Balanchine’s Who cares?, Infra by Wayne McGregor, new creations by Ashley Page, Cameron McMillan, Jiri Kylian Forgotten Land, Les Noces Edward Clug, Glen Tetley, Sacre du Printemps, Christian Spuck, The Return of Ulysses, Bayadère by Cynthia Harvey, Contigo and Claroscuro by Altea Nuñez, Demis Volpi, Nutcracker, Hans van Manen Four Schumann pieces, pieces by Cameron McMillan, Jeroen Verbruggen ma Mere L’Oye. In her last stage in RBF under the direction of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui she danced steps to two of her pieces Exhibition and Fall.
Among her principal roles are Juliet in Slava Samodurov’s Romeo and Juliet, Tyll Pareja principal by Alexander Ekman, John Cranko’s Oneguin and Kitri in Alexei Fadeyechev’s Don Quixote, Young Girl in Kurt Joos’ Green Table, and Aurora in Marcia Haydée’s production of Sleeping Beauty.
In December 2015 she was a guest dancer in the Compañía Nacional de Danza (CND) under the direction of José Carlos Martínez, to dance the role of Quiteria in the premiere of Don Quixote at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid.
In September 2017, she was promoted to principal dancer. Among her roles stand out, Juliet, Clara and Sugar Fairy in The Nutcracker, Quiteria in Don Quixote as well as La Favorita and Sonatas by José Carlos Martínez, Walpurgis Night in honor of Maya Plisetskaya,Vertiginous thrill of Exactitude, Artifact and Enemy in the Figure by William Forsythe, Por Vos Muero by Nacho Duato and Gods and Dogs by Jiří Kylián, etc. Under the direction of Joaquín De Luz she has danced pieces such as Giselle, Concerto DSCH by Alexey Ratmansky, Loss by Ricardo Amarante, White Darkness and Remansos by Nacho Duato, Cantata by Mauro Bigonzetti, Heatscape by Justin Peck, Sylfide de Bournonville.
She combines her professional career as a principal dancer with her university studies already completed in Dance Degree at the Catholic University of San Antonio Murcia (UCAM). She has also taught dance classes at the university, different conservatories such as Carmen Amaya in Madrid and private schools contributing with her experience to new generations.
Currently he continues working as principal dancer in the Compañía Nacional de Danza under the direction of Muriel Romero.
Instagram: @cristinacasagomez
