Naia Nieto Villanueva

Naia Nieto Villanueva, born in Estella-Lizarra, Spain where she began to dance at the
age of 3. After graduating from the José Uruñuela Conservatory in Vitoria-Gasteiz, she
continued her training at Area Jeune Ballet in Geneva, graduating in 2023. Then she
transferred to the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts where she has
performed works by Heidi Vierthaler, Yuval Pick, Ioannis Mandafounis, William Forsythe repertoire among others. During her studies in Frankfurt, she co-founded EDGE Dance Project e.V., where she developed her choreographic practice and performed throughout the Rhein-Main region.