Cyrus Khambatta was born in Syracuse, NY to parents of Persian and European decent. As an artist he has always sought to transcend differences and seeks to connect to his audience through his works. He founded The Phffft! Company while receiving his BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied dance and theater techniques .

His choreographed and improvised work has been presented in eight US states, throughout Europe as well as in Russia and Latin America. In addition to the many venues he has toured with Phffft!, as an independent artist, his work has been presented at The Young Choreographers Festival (Caracas), The Dartington Improvisation Festival (England), The Bialystok Dance Festival (Poland), and The New York Improvisation Festival among others. He has conducted numerous residencies internationally, including sponsorship by the French and Venezuelan governments and he co-curates the Washington, D.C. International Improvisation Festival.

His choreography has also been commissioned by companies such as The Pisorrojo Company of Venezuela and the Ririe Woodbury Dance Company and here in Seattle, by Spectrum Dance Theatre. He has lectured and taught on three continents including such institutions as the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Canal Danse, Contemporary Dance Theater (both in Paris), George Washington University, the University of South Carolina, Virginia Commonwealth University, New York University, Cornish College of the Arts, University of Washington, University of Western Washington, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation in NY, and in Seattle at Freehold Studio Theatre, Velocity Dance Space and The Moore Theatre's Dance This! program among others.

In the United States, he has performed at numerous venues; The Smithsonian Institution, Dance Theatre Workshop, The Kitchen, Performance Space 122, Judson Church, Columbia University at St. Paul’s Cathedral and New York University among others. He has received awards and grants from numerous foundations to support the presentation of his work both in the U.S. and abroad. In 2004, he was awarded California's Damen New Choreography award for his work presented at The McCullum Theatre in Palm Desert.

He has initiated numerous community-oriented workshops addressing the needs of the under-served population. In the Washington, D.C. area, he has conducted workshops for the deaf at Galludet College, for inner city youth at The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, and for the visually impaired and mentally and physically challenged through Penn Visions, a mixed-abilities dance company. In New York City, he initiated a language-through-movement training program funded by Manhattan Community Arts Fund and The Harkness Foundation provided to elementary students in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.