POETICALLY GROTESQUE
Crafting worlds of chiaroscuro that cross disciplines, evoke emotion, and reveal timeless beauty.
Salvatore De Simone
Salvatore De Simone is an Italian dance artist working internationally. He worked as a professional dancer in Germany and Italy, freelancing and as a full-time member for State Theatre Companies. In 2021, he joined Company Wayne McGregor in London, where he has since toured internationally performing in major theatres and festivals worldwide.
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As a performer, Salvatore has collaborated on projects that bridge dance, fashion, and art, working with brands such as Antonio Marras, Moschino, and Bvlgari, and dancing in prestigious galas including those curated by Alina Cojocaru and Roberto Bolle. His performance experience includes repertories and creations by Wayne McGregor, Crystal Pite, amongst others.
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As a choreographer, Salvatore’s work explores the intersection of movement and visual dramaturgy. His work was presented at The Place London, Deutsche TanzKompanie, Create Danza Ita, Eko Dance Project etc.
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Alongside his performance and choreographic work, Salvatore regularly shares his practice through workshops and creative labs internationally, including The Royal Ballet School, Royal Danish Ballet School, Montpellier Danse, and La Biennale di Venezia, sharing his expertise in somathics, anatomical articulation and creative process.
Salvatore De Simone’s choreographic practice moves between the poetic and the grotesque, creating worlds of chiaroscuro where beauty and tension coexist. His work draws from classical art, literature, and allegory, using them as metaphoric frameworks to generate movement and visual dramaturgy.
He creates and moves images — sculptural, emotional, and deeply human — that unfold through the body as living compositions. Each piece seeks to evoke rather than illustrate, engaging the audience through layers of symbolism, physicality and expression.
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Blending dance, theatre, and visual art, Salvatore’s practice crosses disciplines to construct immersive landscapes where timeless beauty meets raw physicality. His movement language is articulated and expressive, balancing control with vulnerability, humour with tragedy.
His choreographies explore identity, transformation, and the human condition through metaphor and emotional intensity. Guided by research, intuition and imagination, Salvatore crafts a visual and kinetic poetry that invites the viewer into spaces of mystery, empathy, and reflection.
