The last time we saw this Roberto Bolle who led a group of thousands of dancers in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo as part of his OnDance project, a series of meetings, workshops and shows aimed at spreading the art of dance. So it’s strange to think about when the étoile della Scala was on the other side and was “just” a beginner, like the boys he taught. We were able to experience these moments thanks to A social video circulated on Instagram in which we see Roberto Bolle in his youth. during school hours.

In the pictures you can see a very young man Roberto Bolle, who must have been about twenty years old.. Shirt, leggings and a bun of unruly hair indicating the dancer’s age: Roberto Bolle he mentions some dance steps at the bar, in what is probably his school: the La Scala Ballet School. By his precise movements, one can guess his twenty years of dedication, the desire to demonstrate what he stands before the great masters.

Maybe not everyone knows Roberto Bolle starts chasing his dream as a child: In the first 10 years of his life he attended the Accademia Vercelli in Piedmont. At the age of 12, she decides to participate in auditions for enter the ballet school of the La Scala theater which he overcomes with passion, starting what was to be the first step of his long and happy career.

We smile when we think that around the time the movie was being made, Roberto Bolle in the rehearsal room of the Teatro alla Scala. when Nureyev noticed him. Upon seeing him, the Russian dancer tells the theater that he wants him to play Tadzio in “Death in Venice”, a performance that he would bring to the arena of Verona. La Scala refuses fifteen-year-old Bolla permission to accept the proposal due to his very young age, but this meeting marks Roberto’s fate. And the rest is history.