Overview
- Enrico De Martino, 61, was honored with the Premio Salerno Danza alla carriera during the festival’s XXIV edition at Teatro Verdi in Salerno.
- The award, directed by Corona Paone and Luigi Ferrone, recognized his contributions to Campanian dance, including performances linked to Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo.
- He said he ended his primary professional dance career at 25 after learning his partner was pregnant with Stefano, continuing to teach and collaborate locally.
- Choreographer Bill Goodson told him when Stefano was about 13 or 14 that his son would become a showman, a prediction he recalls vividly.
- Stefano was happy about the recognition but did not attend because he was recording Affari Tuoi in Rome, as Enrico noted in interviews.