Mari Di Lena

Born in New York

First engagement as a soloist with the Maryland Ballet Company. Following this, further engagements with the Manhattan Festival, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ballet Guatemala and the Dortmund Ballet.

Member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal and performs in ten pieces, six of which were world premieres.

Founds her own ballet school, which she runs for 20 years. She is also a guest teacher at the Folkwang University in Essen and at Daniel Goldin's dance theatre in Münster.