Cristina Benedita attended the Escola Superior de Música (Portugal), holds a bachelor’s degree from the Escola Superior de Dança (Portugal) and from the European Dance Development Centre (Netherlands), holds a master’s degree in Communication and the Arts at FCSH/UNL and is pursuing a PhD also in Communication and the Arts at FCSH/UNL. Her international training includes the Voice Movement Integration course (Amsterdam), the Roy Hart Voice Centre (France), Bobby McFerrin’s CircleSong School 2023 programme, and a LUME Teatro internship at Unicamp (Brazil). She teaches Vocal Dance at the FCSH Summer School and Roda de Vozes in various locations. She has been involved in projects by Mary Fulkerson, Mary Overlie, Paula Massano, TeBoGo Dance Company and Felix Ruckert. Among her own creations, highlights include A Mente Mente. The Mind Minds, with Carlos Zíngaro; Home Made, with Eva Tremel; Grou Cru, with Valdemir Ribas; and ReNascer/CoMover, with Maria Bartilotti Matos, Genoveva Faísca and Silvestre Faísca.