Today Roberto Bolle turns forty, and he has announced both his summer Bolle and Friends tour and the publication of a new book. The 2015 tour will see the Bolle caravan arrive in Los Angeles at the Music Center, then Italian dates will follow at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, the Verona Arena, the Grand Theatre in Pompeii, the Caracalla Baths in Rome and Teatro Ariston in … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle celebrates his 40th birthday with a tour and book
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Alessandra Ferri’s pain at being rejected and joy at being reborn
The word "comeback" isn't one I like; what I am doing is going ahead. These years off stage have taught me that I can't live without dance. I am fully realised only when I dance. Alessandra Ferri is in Florence to dance Roland Petit's Le jeune homme et la mort, one of her many projects since she's come out of retirement. When I decided to retire Roland was very angry with me. … [Read more...] about Alessandra Ferri’s pain at being rejected and joy at being reborn
Bolle’s Back: the 2014 tour and being boss at La Scala
The Roberto Bolle and Friends road show gets under way again this summer, from 18 July, with a date at the Verona Arena on the 22nd, and finishing at the end of the month, taking in Genoa, Rome, Trieste and Torre del Lago. The mix of classical and contemporary, solos and pas de deux is a familiar one, though Roberto Bolle himself will be dancing some pieces for the first … [Read more...] about Bolle’s Back: the 2014 tour and being boss at La Scala
Roberto Bolle: a nude cover, politics, and finishing a career
Italy's Vanity Fair celebrates Roberto Bolle's 20-year career with a cover and a photo shoot by Bruce Weber. Silvia Nucini talked with the Italian ballet star. For decades we've been governed by short-sighted politicians. Our strengths are art and culture. I can realise that not everybody can understand that investing in these is something that can uplift the human spirit, … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle: a nude cover, politics, and finishing a career
Roberto Bolle energised by Italian power company
Roberto Bolle has become the new face of Eni, Italy's number-one power company. The campaign, called Rethink Energy, which started airing yesterday on Italian television, has been directed by photographer and video director, Fabrizio Ferri, with the voice-over of La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) star Toni Servillo. Eni's blurb in the press release reads, Bolle gives … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle energised by Italian power company
Alessandra Ferri: an Italian girl in New York
Alessandra Ferri arrived to live in New York when she was 22, after Mikhail Baryshnikov invited her to join the American Ballet Theatre. She was born in Milan, and studied at the La Scala Ballet Academy until she transferred to the Royal Ballet School when she was 15, becoming part of the company just two years later. Ferri is Milanese, and feels Milanese, but her home is New … [Read more...] about Alessandra Ferri: an Italian girl in New York
Roberto Bolle and working with Peter Greenaway, Bob Wilson and Fabrizio Ferri
Roberto Bolle has been doing the publicity rounds with his two tours of ...& Friends coming up. The dance magazine Danza & Danza, recently revamped with a new look, have made him their July/August cover boy; Francesca Pedroni asked him a few questions. On working with artists like Bob Wilson and Peter Greenaway... With Wilson I experimented with the discipline and … [Read more...] about Roberto Bolle and working with Peter Greenaway, Bob Wilson and Fabrizio Ferri