Fabiana Piccioli studied philosophy in Rome where she graduated in 1999, whilst training in ballet and contemporary dance. Between 2000 and 2001 she performed with a few dance companies in Belgium, and from 2002 she was back in Rome for the Romaeuropa Festival where she worked for 3 years as Production Manager. In 2005 she moved to London joining the Akram Khan Company as Technical Director and Lighting Designer, touring with the company worldwide.

Since 2013 she has collaborated with many international artists and choreographers as Lighting Designer. Freelance based in London, working at present on a range of different scale projects including dance, theatre, concerts and opera including those for Rambert Dance Company and Akram Khan. Most recently Fabiana won the prestigious 2013 Knight of Illumination Award (Best Lighting for Dance) for Akram Khan’s ‘iTMOi’.

Fabiana designed the lighting for the company’s solo production ‘V’.