About the artist
the Art of Weightlessness
Born in Sardinia, dancer Mariana Porceddu discovered her passion for dance at an early age. She began her training in 1987, aged just six. At 18, she travelled to Rome to study at the prestigious National Academy of Dance, graduating in 2003 and embarking on her professional career. She subsequently further honed her artistic skills through an internship at the École supérieure de danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France.
A defining chapter in her development came in 2005, when she joined Danza Prospettiva, the company led by Vittorio Biagi. The experience left a lasting mark on her artistic journey. The following year, she performed on the international stage at the Jazz Dance World Congress at the Harris Theater in Chicago and appeared as a dancer in the Italian television programmes Mattino in Famiglia and Domenica in Famiglia on RAI 2.
Alongside her performing career, Porceddu has also been committed to teaching. In 2007, she began teaching classical and modern dance as part of new training programmes organised by F.I.D.S. That same year, she served on the jury of the Gran Premio Danza in Santa Marinella, near Rome, alongside distinguished figures including Alberto Testa, Oriella Dorella and Vilma Battafarano.
Her encounter with director and choreographer Emiliano Pellisari in 2008 opened up a new artistic chapter. Two years later, she became his choreographic assistant. Since 2012, she has been a principal dancer and co-choreographer with NoGravity, helping to shape the ensemble’s extraordinary stage world, where dance, acrobatics and illusion merge in a captivating exploration of the seemingly impossible.
