Born in 1861 in Milan in Italy the daughter of Andrea Palladini, a dancer at the Teatro alla Scala who chose to change his surname.
In the late 1870s she returned to Europe and settled in London where she built a brilliant career as "a petite and fascinating, graceful dancer".
For seven years Palladino was the prima ballerina at the Alhambra Theatre in London[4] under the baton of Georges Jacobi in a ballet choreographed by the Italian Carlo Coppi.
[2][8] In the summer seasons of 1889 and 1890 Palladino performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden as the principal dancer in some operatic repertoire titles, while in 1895 she interpreted Pastoralea to choreography by Léon Espinosa at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
[9] She also worked in Paris in the newly built Éden-Théâtre, in Moscow and St. Petersburg during a tour with the Alhambra Theatre company in 1886, in Berlin and finally in Munich, as well as in Italy.