Renowned as the new Nureyev, international star dancer Roberto Bolle will be performing with an international cast of star dancers at this year’s Baalbeck Festival. This not-to-be-missed international event will celebrate the magnificent restoration works undertaken by the Italian government on the Bacchus temple interior and on the six columns of the temple of Jupiter classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
This dance performance is organized in partnership with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Center.
Étoile Teatro alla Scala, Milan
He trained at the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, where he was promoted Étoile in 2004. He has regularly danced as a guest artist with the most prestigious companies worldwide. He was Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York from 2009 to 2019. His own show Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala has overcrowded many Italian and international squares gathering tens of thousands of acclaiming people. He has taken part in movie and television projects, often conceived by him, such as the formats . This night has opened my eyes created for Sky and Danza con me, broadcast on the main Italian network, Rai1, from 2018 to 2023, and marking an incredible success with audiences and critics. Roberto has been testimonial of several commercials, award-winning and awarded the highest honours, national and international – he is, among other things, Unicef Ambassador and received the Unesco Medal. In September 2018 he received the Honor of “Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic” and in May 2021 of “Grand Officer”.
He collaborated with artists such as Bob Wilson, Peter Greenaway, Anne Leibovitz and Bruce Weber, who dedicated him the photographic book “An Athlete in Tights”. He is the creator and artistic director of the dance festival OnDance which is now at the sixth edition in Milan: through a busy calendar of workshops, open classes, flash mobs and shows, he makes the whole city dancing.
