Cristiana Natali teaches Cultural Anthropology at Milan University and holds her workshops and classes in Anthropology of dance and performance at the Universities of Bologna and Milan. She has conducted her on-field research in Sri Lanka, where she dealt with the role of dance in Tamil identity building processes. Her publications include: Sabbia sugli dèi. Pratiche commemorative tra le Tigri Tamil (il Segnalibro 2004); Percorsi di antropologia della danza (Libreria Cortina 2009); Contesti etnografici dell’Asia meridionale (CUEM 2010).