Rome 1960
My neighbourhood was one of the most working class of Rome, evolving at an ever fastening pace next to the Cinecitta studios. Those early years of infancy on the Appio-Tuscolano are linked to the memory of the outline of a ship on the horizon which, when I stood at our balcony, turned out to be the ocean liner of Amarcord. The emotion of this Fellini-esque world, in plain sight and just a stones throw from my building, is inside of me to this day.

Next, came dance ....
At the age of eleven, I entered the ballet school of the Rome Opera. Eight years of daily discipline and “magic” which led me, after passing the school’s artistic diploma, to become a full time member of the Rome Opera House. In my city I danced for four years after which, driven by a desire for new experiences, I left for Reggio Emilia where I danced for the following ten years with Aterballetto.
In 1990, I began to choreograph. But it was only a few years later in 1993 that I began to follow the pressing demand to express myself exclusively through a choreographic vocabulary. It was at this point that I decided to leave the company and to begin my new adventure, relocating to Florence, where for five or so years I worked both as resident choreographer for Balletto di Toscana and as a free-lance.
In 1997 I returned as a choreographer to Aterballetto, the company in which I had both grown up and lived some extraordinary experiences and was offered the position of artistic director, which I duly accepted. To this day I still work here, and with immense pride.