Talia Jade Marino, a Miami native, began
her dance training in ballet and jazz at the age of 6 training at
The Miami Conservatory, Ballet Academy of Miami and with Maximum
Dance Company. Her passion for dance years later lead her to pursue
a degree in dance education from Florida International University
with a minor is Sociology. During her time at the
University, in addition to dancing, she also competed in the
Miss America System and the Miss USA system in which she won 3
titles.
After Graduation, she has taught in numerous
prestigious Dance Studios in Miami, Fl as well as being the
dance team coach for Gulliver Academy in Miami. During her tenure
as a teacher she became top 25 female on So You Think You Think You
Can Dance season 3. She then realized how much she missed the
stage and went back into Entertainment and moved to Los Angeles, Ca
where she was a performer in The Toledo Show, Charo’s Back-Up
dancer, and was seen in the promo for Nip Tuck Season 6 working
with award winning Marguerite Derrick’s. During her new adventure,
she developed a love for Aerial Arts.
In 2009 she was selected as a feature dancer and
aerialist for the original cast of the newest Las Vegas Cirque du
Soleil production, Viva Elvis. She was elated to be working with
Vincent Patterson, Bonnie Story, Allister Booth and later on
Napoleon and Tabitha (a.k.a. Nappytabs) on this
creation. She was invited to perform on Dancing with the
Starts, So You think You Can Dance, Jerry Lewis Telethon, Strictly
Come Dancing in England, and in the Newest Cirque du Soleil’s 3D
movie “Worlds Away” as a showgirl. Not only was she a feature
dancer but During her time with Cirque she explored more in
the art of aerial movement as She was featured in a specific aerial
act, Spin Poles, that was created specifically for the Viva Elvis
production as well as learning and perfecting the wedding night
ring duo act.
After the closing of Viva Elvis, she began
teaching The Barre Method at Barre Las Vegas and she became
the Pole artist, Aerialist, and dancer at The Act Las Vegas in
the Palazzo; as well as freelancing in Las Vegas specifically Pole
and Aerial work.
Beginning of 2014 Talia rejoined Cirque du
Soleil again for the MJ Immortal World Tour as the Feature Pole Act
Back-up as well as a feature dancer. Toured US cities as well
as Mexico. After the tour closed in September 2014 she then moved
back to Las Vegas and continued her love for Pole and aerial arts
and began coaching at Shine Alternative fitness
while performing for artists such as Motley Crue, Monika, Miss
Cochran Entertainment, Broadway Bares in NYC, and the cast of
Zombie Burlesque. Zombie Burlesque won “Sexiest show” on the
strip, choreographed and directed by Tiger Marina, David Saxe
Production, where she was
featured as an aerialist, Pole Artist, Tissu Artist,
and dancer as “Carvin Miranda.”
Recently Talia Jade Marino won 1st place at Pole
Sport Organization Pacific Pole Championship 2017 Woman’s
Professional Division! She has also placed and competed in National
Aerial Pole Art placing 4th in the Allstar Pro Division, Pacific
Pole Championship Level 4 Championship placing 1st, Miss Pole Dance
America placing 6th, and Pole Classic International Competition
placing 6th . Since then she has become an X-Pole athlete
representing the company as one of their own Pole Artist.
