Biography

Born in Lucca in Tuscany, I took my first dance steps in the school of my home town, directed by Maria Letizia Torrini, before going on to train as a ballet dancer under the guidance of Erna Bonk, dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen.

In 1995 I took part in the prestigious Bartholin International Summer Seminar in Copenhagen, continuing my training with masters of worldwide renown such as Marianne Kruuse, Vivi Flindt, Flemming Ryberg, Arne Villumsen, Adam Luders, Henriette Muus, Robert Denvers, Victor Litvinov and Robert Strajner.

This was followed by two specialist courses for professional dancers at the Social Theatre in Rovigo in Italy, with the masters Claudio Ronda, Pia Russo, Leila Troletti and Mauro Bigonzetti, the latter course focusing on technical virtuosities in ballet.

I was accepted on to the advanced training course offered by the theatre foundation of Italy’s oldest music festival, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence after passing the audition with flying colours, studying with masters such asElisabetta Terabust, Aurora Benelli, Paul Chalmer and Fabrizio Monteverde.

In 2000 I was a finalist in the first edition of the “Città di Roma” (DanzaSì) dance competition, and in the same year I was chosen by master Amedeo Amodio for the “Officine della Danza” (“Dance Workshop”) seminar, organised by the city of Palermo.

I have also danced in the musicals “Cleopatra” and “Faust, the Temptation”. and in the dance troupe of the operetta “La Belle de Cadix”, at the Festival de Saint-Céré in France.

I have also worked as a choreographer in the show “Musical Greatest Hits” by the musical company Rockopera, where I also performed as a dancer.

In 2008 I began teaching ballet, following the Vaganova method. I took part in the professional training course “Folk and traditional dances for foundation teaching and the early academic years” (“Danze Popolari e Storiche per la propedeutica e i primi anni accademici”), held by Professor Elena Viti and organised by Ioulia Sofina (member of the International Dance Council – UNESCO, Paris). In addition to teaching ballet, I have also choreographed the rhythmic gymnastics team in Imola, near Bologna.

In 2015 I became an ABT NTC Certified Teacher (American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum),

And became certified in the PBT – Progressing Ballet Technique method in 2017.

I attended the theoretical and practical course for teachers of academic classical dance (“Corso teorico-pratico per insegnanti di danza classico-accademica”), becoming certified to teach the programme and method of the La Scala Theatre Ballet School (full marks with merit)

before going on to gain the professional qualification of SID (Science in Dance) practitioner – Specialist in physical preparation and injury prevention in dance.