Marzia Memoli, from Palermo, Italy, graduated with high honors from the Academy of Teatro Carcano in Milan. Marzia attended the Maurice Béjart School under the direction of Michael Gascard. She was asked to perform by Artistic Director Gil Roman in The Ninth Symphony and Le Sacre du printemps with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. In 2016 she joined the Martha Graham Dance Company; her repertory with the company includes Graham’s The Rite of Spring as the Chosen One, El Penitente, Chronicle, The Princess in Cave of the Heart, Diversion of Angels, Dark Meadow Suite, Act of Light, Deep Song, Satyric Festival Song. She performed works by Hofesh Shechter, Elisa Monte (Treading), Bobbi Jean Smith, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Maxine Doyle, Pam Tanowtiz, Sonya Tayeh, Pontus Lidberg, Micaela Taylor, Lar Lubovitch, Andrea Miller, and Jamar Roberts. In 2022 she performed for Twyla Tharp in In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs at New York City Center. She is a recent recipient of the Fini International Rising Star Award 2023. Memoli is currently working with Twyla Tharp for this 2024–25 season.