Born in 1997, Laura Volpe studied classical, modern, and contemporary dance in Padua until 2015. In that year, she began attending the DAF Dance Art Faculty center in Rome, directed by Mauro Astolfi, on a scholarship, for one week a month.
The following year, she moved to Reggio Emilia to join the Agora Coaching Project, directed by Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli. There, she worked on both repertoire choreography and new creations by Paolo Mohovich, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Simona Bertozzi, Emanuele Soavi, Mario Coccetti, Ricardo Fernando, Michele Merola, and Enrico Morelli.
In September 2017 she moved to the Netherlands to attend ArtEZ Bachelor of Dance for dancers and makers in Arnhem, where she graduated from. During her studies she worked on new productions by: Georg Reischl, Roser López Espinosa, Katja Hetimann and on pieces of the repertoire of: Marco Goecke, Lucinda Childs, Trisha Brown e Krisztina De Chatel. She spent the season 2020/2021 as a stager in Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, dancing pieces by: Ed Wubbe, Alba Carbonell Castillo, Justin De Jager, Joost Vrouenraets and Borna Babić.
Since 2021 she has been a dancer with the Lost Movement Company.
Since the season 2021/2022 she has joined the Theater Nordhausen in Germany, directed by Ivan Alboresi.
Since October 2023, she has been a certified hatha-vinyasa yoga teacher and works as a freelance dancer.
From 2023 to 2025, she attended the Master in Performing Arts Management at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in partnership with the Politecnico di Milano.
In July 2024, she performed in a site-specific performance at the Lago Film Festival, directed by the Spanish collective Omotesando.
During the 2024/2025 season, she worked in the distribution and production offices of CCN/Aterballetto in Reggio Emilia and in the artistic direction department of the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) in New York.
