Simone Sanfilippo & Serena Maso will dance at the 13th edition of SALSA WEEK ROMANIA in Vama Veche, 7th – 13th August 2017

Simone Sanfilippo & Serena Maso started dancing together in 2007 and just one month after starting their training, they won the Italian championship in 2007. In 2008 they won the European Championship IDO, in 2009 they won the World Salsa Cup in Lyon and World Championship of Merengue. In 2009 – 2010 – 2011 in Liberec (Czech Republic) they won the title WORLD CHAMPIONS (IDO International Dance Organization) SALSA, BACHATA, MERENGUE and SALSA SHINE.

Simone Sanfilippo & Serena Maso were guests of the most prestigious SALSA CONGRESSES: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Cartagena, Berlin, Amstredam, Benidorm, London, Madrid, Zurich, Marseille, Milan.

In 2011, they were finalists at WORLD SALSA OPEN OF PUERTO RICO and in 2014 they were finalists at the Latin Dance Latin Salsa On 2.

The most important prizes and contests won by the couple Simone Sanfilippo & Serena Maso were:

Regional Champions and Italian Champions 2007
2007 Bologna Caribbean Dance Italian Championship: Three gold medals (Salsa Cubana – Puerto Rican Salsa – Merengue – 16-18th grade)
Bronze Medal: The 2008 World Championship at Nauders (Austria) Latin Dance Ido World Championship
2008 European Salsa Champions (Switzerland)
2009 Winners World Cup of Salsa from Lyon (France)
2009 World Champions Salsa Shine (Czech Republic)
2009 World Champions Merengue (Czech Republic)
2009 Bachata World Cup Bachata World Cup (Czech Republic)
2009 Bronze Medal at the Salsa World Cup (Czech Republic)
2010 Silver Medal at the Bachata World Championships (March 27 in Valence – France)
2010 Bronze Medal at World Salsa World Cup (March 27 in Valence – France)
2010 Silver Medal at the World Salsa Championships (September Budapest)
2010 Silver Medal at the Latin Show World Championship (September Budapest)
2010 Bronze Medal at the World Bachata Championship (September Budapest)
2010 World Champions of Salsa Shine (Czech Republic) Liberec
2010 European Champions of Salsa (Czech Republic) Liberec
2010 World Cup Golden World Cup at Bachata (Czech Republic) Liberec
2010 Silver Medal in the World Championships Merengue (Czech Republic) Liberec
2010 Silver Medal Latin World Championship (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 First Prize at the Italian Absolute Championship Bastia Umbra
2011 Silver Medal at Cup at Bachata – Budapest
2011 Silver Medal at Latin Show – Budapest
2011 Golden Medal at Salsa World Cup – Budapest
2011 Qualified at the World Open Salsa Puerto Rico
2011 Qualified at the annual Salsa International International Dance Championship in New York
2011 Gold Medal at the World Cup of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue – Torino
2011 World champions at Salsa Shine (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 European champions at Bachata (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 Silver Medal at the World Championships of Merengue (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 World Champions of Latin Performance (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 Silver Medal at the World Salsa Championships (Czech Republic) Liberec
2011 European Champions of Salsa – Germany (Solingen)
2011 Silver Medal at the World Championships of Bachata – Germany (Solingen)
2017 Winners of the Salsa Miami International (USA) 2017

The 13th edition of SALSA WEEK ROMANIA will take place this year in Vama Veche between August 7th and 13th, 2017, with the theme: FRIENDS. LOVE. PARTY.

The SALSA WEEK ROMANIA Festival is one of the most popular Latino dance festivals in Romania, and has become more and more popular nowadays.

The fact that dance has evolved a lot lately is due to the fact that more and more people have realized that dancing, exceeds far the level of a simple passion and is very beneficial to the human body.

Most people see dancing as a simple way to spend your free time. But dance is much more. Specialists have defined dance as one of the easiest and most fun ways to keep the body moving, and in addition, practicing dance is recommended because it brings with it a number of other benefits such as stress reduction, protects the heart and energizes the body.

The Romanian Dance Association alongside with the Wilmark Dance Academy will stage the biggest Latin show in Romania during the 13th edition of the Romania Salsa Week festival, 2017. For seven days, the participants will live „the real latin Flavor „through dance lessons and demonstration shows performed by Romanian champions, representatives of salsa schools in the country and special guests of the event. By becoming a standard event, the Romania Salsa Week festival is entirely dedicated to Latin-style music and Latin-dance enthusiasts in the country and abroad, also known as the „Salsa Dancers Holiday”.

Artists present this year will be SIMONE SANFILIPPO & SERENA (ITA); CHIQUITO (ITA); DOMINICAN POWER (ITA) ;SARA LOPEZ (SPA); LOS PAMBOS (BUL); EDWIN RIVERA (USA); BNF DUBAI (UAE); ENNUEL IVERSON (FRA); KRISTOFER MENCAK (SWE); MARVIN RAMOS (COL); WILLY & NOURA (ITA); IBRA CHAVEZ (FRA); ZULEMARO JOHNATHAN (FRA); EMANULA IAFRATE (UK); STARLIN BELEN (REP. DOM); HICHAM LOKITO & OKSANA (FRA) și ALBERT TORRES TRIBUTE, as well as DJ RAZ (ROU); DJ MARTINELLI (ROU); DJ LIVIUX (ROU) ;DJ LINDT (HOL) ;DJ DOBCHO (BUL); DJ ANDY VASILESCU (ROU); DJ DUCU (ROU) ;DJ ALEX (ROU) ;DJ AUREL (FRA) and DJ ESER MURAT YILMAZ (TUR).

Photo & video will be provided by RUMBERITO CUBANO (FRA); OVI MAG (ROU) and GEORGE BUFAN (ROU).

The schools participating in this edition will be WILMARK DANCE ACADEMY; MANIA LATINA; SALSA MI VIDA MANGALIA; DANCE XPLOSION SIBIU; MANA DANCE ACADEMY ORADEA; BAILARTE; LATIN DANCE; SALSA PICANTE BRASOV; PLATINIUM DANCE; SALSA FAMILY; SALSA CALIENTE; ELECTRIC SALSA; FEELING DANCE ORADEA; SALSA REBELS TIMISOARA; BACHATA FEELING SATU MARE; ARISTOCRATIQUE DANCE; DANSATORII ANONIMI IASI; SALSA DYNAMYK CRAIOVA; PRODANCE CONSTANTA; GLOBAL LATINO DANCE; STEP INTO SALSA; LATIN FUSION LADIES IASI; LATIN BEAT CLUJ; RITMO LATINO TIMISOARA; IDANCE; SALSA ELEGANTE; PASO ADELANTE; ART FOR YOU; HUGO DANCE ACADEMY SIBIU; KING SALSA TG. MURES; SALSA GALAXY; SALSA PASSION; SALSA LINDA TIRGOVISTE; UNIVERSUL LATINO IASI; LET’S DANCE BULGARIA and LOS PAMBOS BULGARIA.

The contests that will take place at the event will be:

Salsa Week Contest – Team Contest 2017

Only full-time, week full-time, full-weekend passes can be registered.

The 1st place is rewarded with the title Best Romanian Salsa Team and the ammount of 500 EURO.

Freestyle Latin Dance Contest 2017

Only full-time, week full party or bracelet visitors can enter the contest on the day.

The 1st place is rewarded with the title Best Romanian Salsa Freestyle Couple and the amount of money gathered from all enrollment fees.

Jack & Jill Contest

Registration is free of charge.

Only those who have a full-time week Pass may enter the competition.

The 1st place is rewarded with the Full-Salsa Salsa Week Pass of 2018.

Romania Latin Dance Cup 2017 Contest

Only people who have the Week Pass, Week Vama Party Pass, Weekend Vama Pass, or Weekend Customs Party Pass may enter the competition.

The first place is rewarded by qualifying at the „World Latin Dance Cup” in Miami, USA, a contest founded by Albert Torres.

For more information and details of the event, please visit salsaweek.ro