Paola Jorio

Artistic director

Artistic director Choreographer, teacher, author and consultant for TV programmes on ballet, Paola Jorio is today the Artistic director of the School of Balletto di Roma. She began her dance training at Balletto di Roma with the teachers Franca Bartolomei and Walter Zappolini and it was there that, between 1956 and 1965, she began her professional career as a dancer by taking part in the classical repertoire performances at Ninfeo di Villa Giulia in Rome, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Teatro Moderno in Cagliari, Teatro Massimo in Catania and ma...

Raffaella Appià

Education Coordinator

Contemporary dance teacher Attrice/danzatrice, coreografa/regista e docente di danza contemporanea e teatro-danza. Raffaella Appià inizia gli studi di danza classica alla scuola del “Balletto di Roma” con Franca Bartolomei, Leda Roffi, Walter Zappolini; contemporaneo con Elsa Piperno, Joseph Fontano, Roberta Garrison, Andy Peck in Italia e con Risa Steinberg, Peter Goss, Andrew De Groat in Francia e Inghilterra. Studia inoltre recitazione e dizione all’Accademia “Permis de Conduire” e canto con il maestro Aldo Cupane. Dagli anni ottanta in...