Mercedes Appugliese was born in 1979 in Mendoza (Argentina). There she studied classical dance and belonged to the ballet company „University Nacional of Cuyo“ under the direction of Genoveva Sagés and Héctor Cavallini from 1996-2000. In Buenos Aires she studied contemporary dance and tango and belonged to the dance company „Tangokinesis“ under the direction of Ana María Stekelman from 2002-2006. Since 2007 she lives in Berlin and has worked in the company of Toula Limnaios, the dance company Rubato and with Christoph Winkler, among others.