Began her studies at the National Academy of Dance in Rome, and graduated in 1984,
discussing a dissertation on Historical Dance. She has taught Dance Theory at the same Academy since 1986.
In 1987, obtained a degree in Pedagogy from L.U.M.S.A. (Libera Università “Maria S.S. Assunta”)
of Rome, presenting a dissertation on the interpretation of dance in Transactional Analysis titled
“La danza come interlocutrice di dialogo” (“Dance as interlocutor in dialogue”, related by Maria Teresa Romanini).
Studied Baroque and Renaissance Dance in Italy and abroad with, among others, Christine Bayle,
Angene Feves, Francine Lancelot, Carles Mas, Béatrice Massin, Sophie Rousseau, Barbara Sparti.
Her present activities and professional interests include research, interpretation of original manuals,
and choreographic reconstruction. Ms Giordano performs regularly with Italian and foreign companies active in this field:
“Compagnia di Danza La Follia” (dir. F. Sparapani, Florence); “Gruppo di Danza Rinascimentale” (dir. B. Sparti, Rome);
“L’Autre Pas” (dir. K. Abromeit, Berlin); “Versiliadanza” (dir. A. Torriani Evangelisti, Florence); “BTTB”
(BarockTanzTheaterBremen, dir. J. Schrape, Bremen); “Passocontinuo” (dir. D.C. Colonna, Novara),
“L’Eclat des Muses” (dir C. Bayle, Paris), and has participated in numerous
festivals in Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
Ms Giordano has created choreography for operas, (Sferisterio, Macerata; 10° Festival di Tagliacozzo;
Teatro Comunale, Firenze; Festival Barocco, Viterbo; Operalaboratorio, Teatro Massimo, Palermo),
collaborating with, among others, the directors Stefano Vizioli and Vera Bertinetti.
Her choreographies include also historic suites and televised programs, including
Una Rosa per il 2000 (A Rose for 2000), broadcasted by RAI1 in world-vision from Viterbo.
Ms Giordano is researching the evolution of both the technique and interpreting style of classical dance,
paying special attention to the influence of the repertoire practiced in ballrooms during the 1800’s
on the development of classical ballet. She specialized in this area with Irina Gensler.
Since 1999 has brought to back life, in Friuli, a repertory of “furlane”
and other ballroom dances of the 1800’s and early 1900’s.
Participates in international conferences, publishes essays in specialized journals including “La danza italiana”,
“Chorégraphie”, “Dance Chronicle”, “Dance Research” and in collected works (“Di sì felice innesto”.
Rossini, la danza, e il ballo teatrale in Italia e Le Nozze di Teti e Peleo Venezia, 1639 – Parigi, 1654).
Collaborates in a project to catalogue librettos of Italian
ballets of the 1800’s, spearheaded by Claudia Celi and Andrea Toschi.
Has taught Regional Courses in CEE professional development for “Dancers” and “Masters of Dance”.
Docent in Historical Dances in dance schools and musical associations, (ARCOIRIS, Rome;
C.I.M.A. - Centro Italiano di Musica Antica - Rome, Prato; Scuola di Musica SYLVESTRO GANASSI, Rome),
has been invited to host theoretic-practice conferences on the dance
of the 1500-1600 at the University of Arezzo and various Music Conservatories.
From 1998 has been a partner at the White Cloud Studio™ of Rome ,
and is currently a Trainer of the Gyrotonic® Expansion Method of Juliu Horvath.
From 2001 has been a at the founding member at the AIRDanza,
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sulla Danza.