Biography

Maria Angelica Caruso is a Pittsburgh native dancer, choreographer, actor, producer, academic, and creative entrepreneur whose enterprise encompasses brand models focused in the arts, education, entertainment, and well being sectors. Caruso's multifaceted syndicate comprises four performance companies, a dance conservatory, a fitness program, and a dance movement therapy system, all under the auspices of the Bodiography brand.

The alliance of organizations under her leadership also include a production company titled M-Train Productions, two film and entertainment companies, RAE Films and En Pointe Entertainment, the dance conservatory Bodiography Center for Movement, and an affiliation with an academic institution of higher learning at La Roche University where she chaired the Performing Arts Department from 2010-2025 and now directs the College Preparatory Ballet Program. All the encompassing entities led by Ms. Caruso's vision are known for their commitment to health and wellness in the arts and their championing of positive change in communities regionally and globally.

Inside her catalog of over 150 ballets, her choreographic works have been innovated for a collection of the world's most esteemed dance companies earning them support from their respective ministries of culture and tourism. As a dramatic stage performer, Caruso is best known for her critically acclaimed solo, Metamorphosis, which began off-Broadway in 2021 and followed with a global tour and run in London's West End in the summer of 2022. Her sequel, Incarnation, opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London in October of 2024 followed by an international tour in 2025.