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 JOINING GRAHAM 2, THE JUNIOR COMPANY. IN AUGUST 2016 SHE BECAME A COMPANY MEMBER OF VANESSA LONG DANCE COMPANY AND SMASHWORK.