Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Roberto Bolle - Italian Ballet Dancer

Roberto Bolle photo by Bruce Weber

Roberto Bolle was born in Casale Monferrato in the Piedmont Region of Italy.

He began ballet studies at age seven at a local school, and was accepted at the La Scala theater ballet school in Milan at the age of eleven. Rudolf Nureyev chose Roberto to interpret Tadzio in the ballet Death in Venice.

In 1996, following an appearance in Romeo and Juliet, twenty year old Bolle was promoted to Principal Dancer at La Scala. He left that position when he was 21 to pursue a freelance career. Since then he has starred in many ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Notre-Dame de Paris, and In the middle somewhat elevated.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

He's also in the latest campaign for Salvatore Ferragamo with Claudia Shiffer....HOT!