A native of Italy, Maria Vittoria Villa began her studies with Ballet and modern dance at “Centro Studi Coreografici Teatro Carcano”, Milano, where she graduated in 2013.
She then was awarded with a scholarship at The Ailey School, where she performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in a work by Matthew Rushing.
In 2014 she became a scholarship student at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance where she graduated in June 2016 after performing with Graham 2, at first as an understudy and during the second year of study as a full member.
With Graham 2 she performed ensemble and soloist roles in theaters as New York City Center, The Joyce Theater, Martha Graham Studio Theather and Salvatore Capezio Theater.
She is now a company member of Alessandra Corona Performing Works, a Trainer at the Tracy Anderson Studio (NYC) and has previously worked with other companies such as Smashworks Dance Collective, Oniin/2, Curet Performance Project, Vanessa Long Dance Company and LLMoves.
Maria Vittoria is also a Ballet and Modern dance teacher and has been awarded with the Italian International Rising Star Award in August 2019.