Marzia Memoli
Dancer, Performer and Teacher.
Marzia Memoli was born in Palermo, Italy. She began her professional training at the age of twelve in Palermo at the "Teatro Massimo" . She danced for several productions with the company of the "Teatro Massimo" and at age fourteen, she moved to Milan.
She studied in Milan for two years at the Academy of "Centro studi Coreograci Teatro Carcano" with Margarita Smirnova ( Principal dancer at the Bolshoi Theater in Russia) . As a young student, she performed with the company of "Balletto di Milano" for the "The Nutcracker", "Cinderella" and many more.
She graduated with high honor in Milan and she moved to Switzerland, at the "Maurice Bejart School", under the Artistic direction of Michel Gascard.
In Switzerland she completed her professional dance training and she had the honor to perform with one of the most famous European dance companies "The Maurice Bejart Ballet", for the "The IX Symphony" and "The Gaite Parisienne". In the same year she traveled to Quebec, Canada to perform at the "Ballet Festival of the National Theater of Quebec", as a soloist guest Artist.
In 2016 she received an invitation from the Artistic Director, Janet Eilber, to join The Martha Graham Dance Company in NYC. Few months later, at the young age of 19 years old, she signed her first contract with the oldest and most famous Dance Company in America, The Martha Graham Dance Company. Since her first months in the Company, still as an apprentice, she had the opportunity to perform many soloist roles with the world-famous american dance company around the world.
In these years she also work with rewarded dancers and choreographers, among them stands out Bobbi Jene Smith from the Batsheva Dance Company, Benjamin Millepede, Hofesh Shechter, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch american choreographer, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, awarded choreographer and Artistic director of the "Royal Ballet of Flanders", Elisa Monte, Troy Schumacher from New York City Ballet, Annie Rigney, Nicolas Paul from The Paris Opera, , Andrea Miller from Batsheva Dance Company, Pam Tanowitz, Jamar Roberts.
She performed for Twyla Tharp during her Fall season at New York City Center “In the Upper Room” and “Nine Sinatra Songs”. “In the Upper Room” won a Bessie Award in 2022.
In 2025 Memoli joined Twyla Tharp Dance Company, dancing in the “Diamond Jubilee” American tour, for Tharp’s 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Numerous International newspapers speak about Marzia Memoli, "Dance Magazine", "Vogue" Paris, "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal", "Dance Spirit", in Italy the "Corriere della Sera" with over three million readers.
Critics Reviews
Jan 12, 2018
Marzia Memoli may be the Martha Graham Dance Company's newest dancer, but her classical lines and easy grace are already turning heads..
“Marzia created incredible shapes , and her lush back-bend was a stunning moment. For me, Marzia's was another 'star is born' performance tonight, and the audience seemed in full agreement..”
- OBERON’s Grove
"Treading”by Elisa Monte
Marzia performed lead roles in Martha Graham's Masterpieces like The Rite of Spring, Chronicle, Deep Song, Conversation of Lovers, El Penitente, Maple leaf Rag, Diversion of Angels.
Among the world most famous dance theaters she had the privilege to dance at the "Paris Opera", "Teatro Real" in Madrid", "The New York City Center", "The John F. Kennedy Center" in Washington DC, "The National Theater Grand Hall" in Romania, "Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow" in Massachusetts, "Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail Colorado,"The National Center for Performing Arts" in Beijing China, "Teatro della Pergola" in Florence Italy, "National Dr.Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall" in Taipei, Taiwan, and numerous others.
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