Stefano started his dance studies at a young age in the dance school 'Fuoricentro Spazio Danza' (Lucca, Italy), where he trained in Modern Dance, Classical Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Floor Work, and Urban Dances. During that time he won several scholarships to study with “Formazione Bartolomei Danza Teatro e Musica in Rome“, A.I.D. – Associazione Italiana Danzatori” (Rome, Italy) and “Codarts University of the Arts” (Rotterdam, Netherlands). In 2016, Stefano was accepted into “SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance” (Salzburg, Austria) undergraduate’s program where he trained and worked with various renowned contemporary artists including Lali Ayguade Ferro, Sadé & Kristina Alleyne, Julyen Hamilton, Yaghvali Falzari, Janyce Michellod, Isaac Spencer and Eléonore Valère Lachky. In 2019 he graduated after performing a solo from the piece “Voronia” choreographed by Marcos Morau for his own company “La Veronal”. During his studies, he worked for the “Salzburger Festspiele” dancing in the productions “Aida” conducted by Riccardo Muti and “Alcina” conducted by Gianluca Capuano.
More recently, he was a dancer for the “ENO, English National Opera” in the productions “Mask of Orpheus” and “Orphée” conducted by Martyn Brabbins and Geoffrey Paterson.
He has taught Ballet and Contemporary Dance in different schools and festivals throughout Europe and now continues developing his own practice and style while performing as a freelance artist. Currently, he is working with the Spanish contemporary dance company “laSADCUM” directed by Guillem Jiménez in Barcelona.
