Roberto Bolle was born in Milan 40 years ago and soon trained at the Theatre La Scala Ballet School where he was chosen by Rudolf Nureyev to dance Tadzio in Death in Venice.
In 1996, two years after he joined La Scala Ballet, he was promoted to principal dancer. He worked for many companies, among which The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Stuttgart Ballet and Finnish National Balle. At the Royal Albert Hall in London, he performed in both Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet, productions created for him by English National Ballet director Derek Deane.
Since December 1998 Bolle has been Resident Guest Artist at La Scala Theatre and in 2002, he danced at Buckingham Palace in the presence of H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, in celebration of her Golden Jubilee.
During the 2003/2004 season Bolle was promoted to Étoile. In 2004, he danced for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square for the Young People’s Day. He also was invited to appear at the Paris Opera in Don Quixote and The Sleeping Beauty. On December 7, to celebrate the re-opening of La Scala Theatre, he danced Europa Riconosciuta with Alessandra Ferri. He also performed at Covent Garden in Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia which was broadcast by BBC on Christmas Day. Bolle also danced a solo, created for him by Enzo Cosimi, at the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Turin, Italy in February 2006.
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