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Roberto Bolle Profile |
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Birth Date: March 26, 1975
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Birth Place: Casale Monferrato, Italy
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Birth Name: Roberto Bolle
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Biography |
Roberto Bolle, born March 26, 1975, in Casale Monferrato, is
an Italian ballet dancer.
When Bolle was extremely young he entered the Theatre La
Scala ballet school. Rudolf Nureyev was the first to notice
his talent and he chose Roberto to interpret Tadzio in the
ballet Death in Venice.
In 1996, just 2 years after he joined the Theatre Company,
at the end of a Romeo and Juliet performance, Bolle was
promoted to Principal by Elisabetta Terabust who was at that
time the Director of the Corp de Ballet. Since then, Bolle
has starred in many contemporary and classical ballets such
as Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Spectre de la rose, and
Romeo and Juliet, among others.
Since 1996 his international career has increased. He has
danced with the Royal ballet, the National Canadian Ballet,
the Stuttgart Ballet, the Finnish National Ballet, the
Staatsoper in Berlin, the Opera House in Vienna, the
Staatsoper in Dresden, the Opera House in Munich, the
Wiesbaden festival, 8th and 9th International ballet
festival in Tokyo, the Tokyo Ballet, the Opera Theatre in
Rome, the San Carlo Theatre in Naples and the City Theatre
in Florence.
In October 2000, Bolle opened the season at Covent Garden
Opera House in London performing Swan Lake, Anthony Dowell’s
choreography, and in November he was invited to Bolshoi to
celebrate Majja Plisetskaja's 75th anniversary in the
presence of President Putin.
In June 2002, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee, Bolle
danced at Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Queen.
The event was broadcast live by BBC and transmitted to all
the Commonwealth countries.
In 2003, to celebrate St Petersbourg’s 300 year anniversary,
Roberto danced Swan Lake with Royal Ballet at Mariinskij
Theatre. Immediately afterwards, he performed Amedeo
Amodio’s L’après–midi d’un faune to celebrate the return of
the Dancing Faune to Mazara del Vallo.
During the season 2003/2004 he was promoted to Etoile at La
Scala Theatre. In February 2004 he performed L'histoire de
Manon for the first time with Alessandra Ferri at Arcimboldi
Theatre in Milan It was a huge success. In March he danced
The Fire Bird a solo made specifically for him by Renato
Zanella at the prestigious Italian San Remo Festival
broadcast worldwide. Afterwards he was invited by Mariinskij
Theatre to dance for the third International Ballet Festival
where he performed De Grieux in L’histoire de Manon and for
the closing Gala he danced the pas de deux from Excelsior
and J Kudelka’s Summer. On 1st April 2004 he danced in front
of the Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square to celebrate
young people's day.
In February 2006 he danced at the opening ceremony of the
Winter Olympic Games in Turin where he performed a solo
created for him by Enzo Cosimi. The ceremony was broadcast
worldwide.
Bolle has received many prizes throughout his career: “
Danza e Danza” and the prize “ Positano” as a young
promising dancer of Italian Classical Ballet; “Gino Tani”
for his contribution to the development of body language and
soul which represent the true values of dance and movement;
“Galileo 2000” and “Pentagramma d’oro” in Piazza della
Signoria in Florence. He also received the following prizes:
“Danza e Danza”, “Barocco 2001” and “Positano 2001” for his
international activity in the latest years. |
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I 'd do anything to meet him, no one in the universe is more complete than him!!! :- P