Alessia Braggiato is from Houston, Texas and began her professional training at the age of 10 in her family-owned dance studio, Intempo Dance. She continued her training under the Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.) programme with the direction and training of Rocio Braggiato and Orlando Molina. She has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe with Stars of Tomorrow before she continued her training in San Antonio, Texas with former PNB Principals, Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz as part of their PTD program, as well as performing on big stages such as the Harris Theater in Chicago and Miller Outdoor Theater in Houston.
She completed her R.A.D. from Pre-Primary to Advanced 2 and has attended summer intensives at Oklahoma City Ballet, ABT Austin and New York, Ruth Page in Chicago and Kansas City Ballet in 2024, where she continued to dance in their Second Company from 2024–2026, performing alongside the company in Devon Carney’s Swan Lake, Anna-Marie Holmes’ Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Agnes De Mille’s Rodeo & Septime Webre’s Alice (In Wonderland) & The Great Gatsby. Alessia is beyond thrilled to be dancing with Rochester City Ballet this season.