Christos Xyrafakis was born in Agrinio in 1989. He is a graduate of the Greek National School of Dance (KSOT) in Athens and of the Department of Mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. After gaining a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation for the period 2014-2015, he completed a postgraduate degree at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) and attended the educational programme Ex-In where, under the guidance of David Zambrano, he was taught the flying low and passing through techniques. Presently, he is part of the main cast for the show The Thread, choreographed by Russell Maliphant, while in the past he has collaborated with Jukstapoz, Claudio Bernardo, Konstantinos Rigos,the Hellenic Dance Company, Olatz de Andres and other dance practitioners. In 2017, he was part of the main cast for Alcestes, National Theatre of Greece production directed by Katerina Evangelatos. He has served as assistant choreographer to Jukstapoz, Roberto Olivan and Robert Clark, while in 2017 he interned at Dimitris’ Papaioannou production The Great Tamer. In 2018 he co-created, together with Andi Xhuma, the piece Ok, that’s you.., which showed during the New Choreographers Festival held at Onassis Stegi. He teaches contemporary dance at the Mari Hadjimichali professional dance school. In 2019 he was invited to teach at the Greek National School of Dance in Athens and at the Tirana Ballet Academy.