Salvatore Romania
He was born in Catania and he trained dance at the Centro Culturale di Danza Tersicore in Lentini (SR) directed by Laura Odierna, he perfectioned in Rome with teachers George Bodnarciuc ( ballet ) Patric King, Sacha Ramos ( contemporary ), and he also attended severale specializing courses in Italy and abroad. Between 2002 and 2003 he collaborated as a dancer with the company Astra Roma Ballet directed by Diana Ferrara, dancing choreographies by Loris Petrillo, Paolo Movic, Marcia Plein, and starting from 2005 he collaborates as a dancer with the compagnia zappalà danza.
Choreographer of Compagnia Petranuradanza (recognized by Mibac), he gives lessons and holds workshops in Italy and abroad, collaborating with the main exponents in the field of international dance. He has danced in various international shows and festivals in Italy, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, Slovakia, Mexico, Lithuania, Holland (Festival Tanec Praha; Gdanski Festival Tanca.pl; Mittelfest; The Myth Circuit: Festival internacional de Danza Lila Lòpez etc). He has danced as a soloist with Diana Ferraras company Astra Roma Ballet (choreography by Loris Petrillo, Paolo Mohovic, Marcia Plein) and since 2006 he has collaborated as a dancer with Compagnia Zappalà Danza, in various productions. In 2011 he founded Compagnia Petranuradanza, together with choreographer Laura Odierna. Socially engaged in the diffusion of contemporary dance, the two choreographers love dealing with the unspeakable evocative power of the body language. This is the reason why their work is accurate, demanding, but also passionate; the body is manipulated, thrown on the floor, caressed, lived in every detail, never distant from a scenographic context of evocative importance and emotional impact. At the moment Salvatore Romania is the art director of a cultural centre devoted to the divulgation of contemporary dance. The centre is at Auditorium Leonardo, in Carlentini, where various art shows and events take place. He is now working at Compagnia Petranuradanzas 2016 new creations.