A few words about M°FRANCESCO MARIOTTINI

Francesco Mariottini was born in Jesi, Italy on the 6th November 1985.  He started modern dance classes in his hometown at the age of 11.  In 2000, he received a scholarship to Florence to the school of ‘Balletto di Toscana’ and ‘Opus Ballet’, under the direction of Cristina Bozzolini and Rosanna Brocanello. Here he attended classes in classical technique and contemporary dance.  He also attended several courses with teachers of international standing including Stefania Di Cosmo, Victor Litvinov, Raffaele Paganini, Marco Pierin, Frederic Olivieri, Fabrizio Monteverde, Bruno Collinet.  In the following year he performed in Daniel Tinazzi’s musical ‘Passeggeri’ and he performed soloist roles created by Fabrizio Monteverde, Orazio Messina, Rosanna Brocanello, Arianna Benedetti, Daniel Tinazzi and Alessandro Bigonzetti with BdT Youth Company.  At the age of 18, he joined the Corp di Ballet of Stuttgart Ballet performing classical and contemporary repertoire (Romeo and Juliette, The Sleeping Beauty, Onegin, Taming of the Shrew and A streetcar named Desire, which were based on choreography by John Cranko, John Neumeier and Marcia Haydee).  In September 200,5 he joined Aterballeto, under the direction of Mauro Bigonzetti – here he had the opportunity to perform soloist roles in several theatres around the world including New York, Houston, Mexico, China, New Zealand and in most European cities.  In 2007/2008 he participated in the seventh edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi where he reached the finals and received the Critics Awards.  At the end of the project, he participated as a professional in the musical IoBallo and in the TV production of Il Ballo delle Debutanti.  Since 2008 he has specialized in teaching Modern and Contemporary dance, and he became the Artistic Director of Umbria Ballet School in Gubbio.  In January 2010 he joined the professional cast of dancers for ‘Amici di Maria De Filippi’.  Following this, he performed in various galas and dance soirees as a guest and free lance dancer. He set up a collaboration with the new Italian dance companies Emox balletto directed by Beatrice Paoleschi as well as with MM Contemporary Dance Company, under the direction of Michele Merola.  In September 2015 he joined the German Company Stadttheater Giessen-Tanzcompagnie’ as a soloist and the following year he joined Balletto di Monte-Carlo directed by jean-Christophe Maillot and under the chairmanship of  H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hannover.  Currently, Francesco is a principal Soloist with this company.