Vera Paganin, teaching artist

Vera Paganin was born in Milan, Italy, where she began her professional training at the Centro Studi Coreografici Teatro Carcano, and she graduated in ballet and modern dance in 2012. After her graduation she won a scholarship for the Henny Jurriens Stichting Summer Intensive in Amsterdam, where Miki Orihara gave her a scholarship to study at the Martha Graham School in New York, and she moved in the City in 2013. After a few months she was asked to join Graham 2. She danced many principal roles in distinguished venues such as the Met Museum, and in 2015 she obtained her Teaching Training Program certification. Vera returned to Europe for a year in 2017, where she danced with Aconcoli Dance by Elena Albano in Milan, and she collaborated with the pianist Xavier Boot for the Nationale Indiëherdenking in the Netherlands, along with teaching Graham Technique workshops in Milan, Sardinia, Rome and Utrecht. Vera has danced works by Martha Graham, Alison Cook Beatty, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Miriam Barbosa, Blanca Li, Pascal Rioult, Lone Larsen, Kun-Yang Lin, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Elena Albano, Marcela Corbellini Duarte, Adam Robert Dickerson Luisa Righeto, Claire Cuny, Bo Pressly and Charles Scheland. Vera is currently dancing full time for a variety of productions: the band Reliant Tom from Brooklyn, the Meduza Show, and authentic folk dance show in Brighton Beach. Ms Paganin is a certified GYROTONIC® trainer.