Matilde Ceron

Born in Udine, she began her training under the guidance of her mother, Elisabetta, and her grandmother, Paola, continuing her pre-professional studies at I.D.A. in Ravenna. She complemented her training as a young dancer with multiple internationally renowned teachers, including Esther Balfe – Forsythe Company, Yvan Dubreuil – Nederland Dans Theater, Michele Merola – MM Contemporary Dance Company, Sharon Booth – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Steve LaChance – international teacher, and Roberto Cocconi – Compagnia Arearea.

In 2011, she received a scholarship for the dance department at the University of Arizona (USA), studying under Maestro Sam Watson, and a subsequent scholarship for the summer school at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz in Dresden.

From 2014, she moved to Austria to continue her professional studies, participating in numerous performances and site-specific shows both in Italy and abroad. In 2018, she graduated with honors from the dance department of the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Vienna – MUK, specializing in contemporary dance pedagogy and composition. In the same year, she was invited as a guest dancer at the Festival Prospettiva Danza Teatro in Padua.

In 2019, she was part of the cast of dancers at the annual “Life Ball” event alongside renowned artists including Keala Settle, Alan Cumming, Lea DeLaria, and Conchita Wurst. That same year, she made her debut in Salzburg with the German company subsTANZ from Dresden, in co-production with SEAD Salzburg and Bodhi Project Dance Company, performing in the show Heim@, under the artistic direction and choreography of Massimo Gerardi. She also performed as a guest dancer in the closing show of the Festival Mittelfest, Maraveis in sfere, broadcast on Rai3.

From 2019 to 2024, she was a guest choreographer at the Dance Department of MUK – Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Vienna. During the same years, she served as choreographic assistant to Massimo Gerardi, director of Stadttheater Goerlitz-Zittau.

In November 2020, she was contemporary dance teacher at the Civica Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Nico Pepe in Udine for the admission exams for the Three-Year Acting Course.

In 2023, she graduated with honors with a Master of Arts in Education from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität in Vienna, and in 2024 she earned a Master’s in Contemporary Dance Pedagogy with focus professional education, at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden. In the same year, she worked at the renowned ImPulsTanz Dance Festival in Vienna and served as a juror and contemporary dance teacher at the Ballet Grand Prix Vienna alongside Vladimir Malakhov.

Since 2024, she has been Rehearsal Director at the Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper, under the guidance of Christiana Stefanou and Martin Schläpfer, and from 2025 under Patrick Armand, Andrea Yannone and Alessandra Ferri.