MM Contemporary Dance Company is a contemporary dance company directed by choreographer Michele Merola. Founded in 1999, it is a production center for performances and events and a promoter of festivals and workshops. Its goal is to foster exchanges and collaborations between Italian and international artists, key figures, and ambassadors of contemporary culture.

Based in Reggio Emilia, the company boasts a rich and diverse repertoire, featuring works by Michele Merola alongside creations by renowned European and Italian choreographers such as Maguy Marin, Mats Ek, Mauro Bigonzetti, Thomas Noone, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Karl Alfred Schreiner, Silvia Gribaudi, Eugenio Scigliano, Emanuele Soavi, Enrico Morelli, Daniele Ninarello, Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, Roberto Tedesco, Camilla Monga, and Adriano Bolognino.

  In 2010, MM Contemporary Dance Company was honored with the prestigious Danza&Danza Prize as Best Emerging Dance Company. Today, the organization is recognized as a leading force in Italian contemporary dance and renowned for its extensive national touring activities. Over the years, the company has expanded its reach internationally, performing across Europe and beyond, including in South Korea, Colombia, Canada, Germany, Russia, Morocco, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Sweden, France, Finland, Serbia, Norway, Croatia. 

The company's achievements include the Europaindanza 2017 Award for Choreographic Merit for Bolero by Michele Merola. In 2022, MMCDC received the Danza&Danza Award for Best Italian Production for Ballade (choreographed by Mauro Bigonzetti and Enrico Morelli), and in 2024, it was honored with the Danza&Danza Award for Repertoire Enhancement for Grosse Fugue by Maguy Marin.

MMCDC has also made notable appearances on national television, performing in Roberto Bolle’s RAI 1 broadcasts Danza con me and Viva la danza in 2021, 2022, and 2024, with choreographies by Mauro Bigonzetti and Lorca Massine.

From 2018 to 2020, in 2021, and again from 2022 to 2024, the company was an associate company of the InDanza Circuit of Trentino-Alto Adige.

MM Contemporary Dance Company receives support from the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Emilia-Romagna Region, the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, and the Centro Permanente Danza Danza /Reggio Emilia.

MM CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY

Artistic direction: Michele Merola

General manager and press office: Anna Abbate

Administration: Debora Galloni

International Contacts: Amei Teupel

Administrative and logistic secretary: Paolo Lauri

Organizational secretary: Serena Roberti

Technical manager: Gessica Germini

Costumes: Nuvia Valestri, Carlotta Montanari

Choreography assistants and repeating masters: Paolo Lauri, Enrico Morelli

Dancers: Filippo Begnozzi, Emiliana Campo, Lorenzo Fiorito, Mario Genovese, Matilde Gherardi, Fabiana Lonardo, Alice Ruspaggiari, Rossana Samele, Nicola Stasi, Giuseppe Villarosa, Leonardo Zannella