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She studied ballet, modern and contemporary dance at the Centre Internationale de Danse de Rosella Hightower. She complemented this with further study in baroque dance, later working with the Conservatory in Zurich, Trossingen, Dresden, Bern; Biennale Bach in Weimar; International Bach Academy in Stuttgart; International Gluck Festival in Nurnberg; Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg and for three seasons with the Festival of Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca.
Meanwhile she completed undergraduate and doctoral studies in Literatures and Foreign Languages (top marks 110/110 cum laude) at the University of Urbino.
Since 2004 she has collaborated with director Robert Carsen for Teatro La Scala, Bolshoj, Royal Opera House of London, Opéra National de Paris, Opéra du Rhin, Grand Théatre de Genève, Teatro Real de Madrid, La Monnaie of Brussels, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Staatsoper in Cologne, Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Regio in Turin, Maggio Fiorentino Musicale, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Opéra de Normandie Rouen (Kata Kabanova, La Traviata, Rosenkavalier, Rigoletto, The Cunning Little Vixen, Elektra, Salome, Iphigénie en Tauride, Onegin, Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria…).
In the operatic field she has worked with directors including Damiano Michieletto (The Rake’s Progress, Acquagranda, Il Flauto Magico, Salome…), Davide Livermore (Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Macbeth…), Pierluigi Pizzi, David McVicar, Gilbert Deflo, Luc Bondy, Daniele Abbado, Antonio Latella, Valentina Carrasco, Giancarlo Cobelli, Lorenzo Mariani, Deda Cristina Colonna, Julien Lubeck, Cécile Roussat, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Stefano Poda, Rolando Villazon, Arnaud Bernard, Johannes Erath, Pierfrancesco Maestrini… for Rossini Opera Festival, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Théatre des Champs Elysées, Arena di Verona, Opéra National de Lorraine, Valle d'Itria Festival, Opéra National de Montpellier, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Macerata Opera Festival, Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Festival Donizetti in Bergamo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Furthermore, she has worked in musicals produced by Riccardo Cocciante (choreography Micha Van Hoecke) and Luc Petit Creation;
in commercial spots for MTV, Mediaset and Alain Affelou, choreography Benjamin Millepied;
in the Tv series ROME produced by HBO (Happy Fortune Films, Los Angeles – Moreton Films England, Best Television Drama Seriesat the 63° Golden Globe).
Her own CHOREOGRAPHY:
for Tiepolo Ball organized by Dior at Labia Palace in Venice;
for Musik Theater an Der Wien in Vienna, "Betrothal in a Monastery", Director Damiano Michieletto;
for Solists and Corps de Ballet of Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, "Carmen" which opened the 2017 season in Caracalla (and which was revivaled in 2018 and 2022), Director Valentina Carrasco;
for the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Traviata, Director Christophe Gayral;
in 2019 and 2021 for the Biennal Bach in Weimar and the WunderKammer Orchestra.
As a DIRECTOR, her work includes:
“Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo” for Wratislavia Cantans Festival, with Il Giardino Armonico, artistics and orchestra Director Giovanni Antonini, broadcasted by Mezzo TV;
"Di Uomini e Animali” which debuted in July 2023 with the actor Neri Marcorè at MAXXI Foundation in Rome;
Macerata Opera Festival commissionned her to produce the show “AMAMI” which debuted in August 2021 at Sferisterio of Macerata.
Her first short film "Arianna" was awarded at the 36th edition of the Fano International Film Festival.
In 2023 she revived the choreography of Salome for Damiano Michieletto both at the Teatro alla Scala and at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.
In the same year she was assistant to Daniel Ezralow for the film “The Opera!”, produced by Rai Cinema and Showlab with the support of Torino Film Commission, Director Davide Livermore and Paolo Gep Cucco, presented at the Rome Film Fest 2024.
She has been invited to hold masterclasses at the Arts and Design Academy in Ancona.
In 2022 the magazine Il Resto del Carlino nominated her as one of the best 20 citizens of the year.
Actually she is working at Teatro alla Scala as choreographer "Il Nome della Rosa", coproduction with Opéra National de Paris, Director Damiano Michieletto.