Anna
Beat
Italy
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Dance
Date of birth | 20 April 2005 |
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Place of birth | Fucecchio, Italy |
Age | 21 |
Nationality | Italy |
Career start | 2011 |
Discipline | Dance |
At five years old she earned the moniker Anna Beat, when her first teachers spotted a kid already living for the music. Inspired by Flashdance and Michael Jackson, she swapped swimming for hip-hop in Fucecchio, near Florence, training alongside dancers twice her age.
After her first battle in 2012, she knew she was serious. Invited to train in Lucca by Mattia Capozzi, she studied house, locking, hip-hop and popping, took workshops with instructors from Japan, China and North America, and crossed Europe to battle. She still credits her mum as her biggest style inspiration – and the family line that keeps her going: “Testa alta, schiena dritta, e vai,” meaning "Head up, straight back, and let’s go."
Versatile by training, unpredictable on the beat
Anna commands attention. Her signature sits in intricate arm and hand work that accents the beat, and in the way she blends styles. She likes to be unpredictable: playing with lyrics, switching rhythms, and using the power in her movement to catch the audience off guard.
When not in a cypher, she performs on stage and camera: Anna was featured on X Factor and modelled for Nike, L’Oréal, Decathlon, Macron and Snipes. She's also toured with Sfera Ebbasta and Elodie and appeared in music videos for Giorgia, Gigi D’Alessio and Elodie.
“I want to be the best dancer in the world. I want to train, put myself first and be my best version. But the goal I really want to reach is to stay myself in whatever I do – and until the end of my career, be who I was, who I am and who I became. And make your eyes spark when I’m dancing.”
A history-maker who builds the next generation
At 11, she became the first Italian kid to battle at the Juste Debout World Final. She went on to become a prominent member of Italian crew Dynamix and, by 17, the first Italian woman to join French hip-hop collective YUDAT. In 2023 she won the International Dance Organization European Hip Hop Championship. In 2025, she won Just Play Just Dance in China and was runner-up on IceeBus. Then, in 2026, she returned to Juste Debout with former champ Jimmy Yudat and finished fourth.
Today, she's also the artistic director of Danza Beat Studio, training and uplifting the next generation of Italian dance talent.