International Competition DanzaEuropa – Edition XIX

Since 1987, the LUDT organizes the International Competition DanzaEuropa, a dance contest which has seen more than ten thousand dancers on the most beautiful stages of Italy. From Mantua, to Bologna, Verona, Merano, Cormons, Valenza, Salerno, Palermo, Catania to the San Marino’s Republic, host in charge, European and non EC citizens dancers take part in this international contest: Italians, French, Greeks, Albanians, Romanians, Croatians, Brazilians, Argentines, Russians dancers have participated in our competition, making the DanzaEuropa unique in the world. The Organization decision to promote dancers formation has constituted a bridge for a new career to many young dancers.

Brochure, XIX Edition

During its past editions, the International Competition DanzaEuropa has obtained, the Patronage of many Institutions, among them we quote the most recent:

• Italian European Policy Ministry;
• Italian University and Research Ministry;
• Italian Ministry for Italians in the world;
• Italian Infrastructures and Transport Ministry;
• VII Commission of Culture, Deputy Assembly;
• Equal Opportunities Ministry;
• San Marino’s Republic Presidency;
• Ajkun Ballet Theatre;
• WDA World Dance Alliance Europe.

During DanzaEuropa previous editions, some art and political esponents have taken part in the Comitato d’Onore del Concorso DanzaEuropa, among them:

• Capo Gabinetto Vice Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri;
• Ministro delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti;
• Senatore Luigi Compagna;
• On.Valentina Aprea, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca;
• On. Katia Belillo;
• Sen. Anna Donati, membro della Commissione permanente Politiche dell’Unione Europea;
• On. Mario Pescante, Sottosegretario di Stato, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali;
• On.Flavio Rodeghiero, VII Commissione della Cultura della Camera dei Deputati;
• On. Bruno Tabacci, Commissione Attività Produttive Commercio e Turismo della Camera dei Deputati.

During DanzaEuropa previous editions, some art and political esponents have taken part in the Comitato d’Onore del Concorso DanzaEuropa, among them: Among all the judges, these Artists have been part of DanzaEuropa jury:
Carola Szalay Zingarelli, Luciana Savignano, Marco Pierin, Anna Razzi, Arturo Testa, Katia Ricciarelli, Vittoria Ottolenghi, Joan Bosioc, Leonard Ajkun, Nicoleta Josifescu, Carlo Gasparotto, Grant Mc Daniell, Gianni Zari, Rita Poelvoorde, Alfio Agostini, Isabel Fernandez, Erasmo Martinazzo, Wendell Wells, Patrizia Serra, Iliana Iliescu, Robert De Warren, Renato Fiumicelli, Jacqueline Rousseau, Sergio Garbato, Alain Ruitz, Gabriele Teneriello, Jeorge Esquivel, Katherine Kampbell, Debora Wiber, Paol Maiorescu, Carlos Palacios, Rudas Rodriguez, Claudio Bonino, Fabrizio Mainini, Toni Menendez...


During its editions, the DanzaEuropa have seen among winners (and then in the art field)...
Eleonora Abbagnato (today étoile at Opera Theatre, Paris)
Massimo Gerardi (Aterballetto)
Alessandro Bizzi (Ballet of Salisburgo)
Giuseppe Di Ruggiero (Het National Ballet of Amsterdam)
Luca Peluso (permanent cast of the Musical “NotreDame de Paris”)
Adina (ballerina solista Teatro dell’Opera di Bucarest)
Andreea Izabela Jura