kbarber Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The French Danse magazine has just published a lavishly illustrated 5-page interview (in French) with Roberto Bolle: http://www.robertobolle.com/immagini/stampa/170_Danse.pdf Link to comment
abatt Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks for posting the above link, kbarber. Bolle posted some photos on his twitter page of his recent performace w. Veronika Part at the opening night at the LA Philharmonic. They look so good together. It's a shame that ABT has not cast them as partners for so many years. Link to comment
angelica Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I believe they are dancing together on October 20th at 8:00 pm at New York City Center in the new Alexei Ratmansky ballet. Link to comment
kbarber Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 I believe they are dancing together on October 20th at 8:00 pm at New York City Center in the new Alexei Ratmansky ballet. Yes. also Friday the 19th. Link to comment
abatt Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks. I was thinking about the full length ballets at the Met. The Bolle/Part SL of a few years ago was among the best I've seen, but then they were never re-united in subsequent years. I will be seeing them at the Oct 20 performance at City Center. Link to comment
carbro Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 For all of you Roberto Bolle fans, his publicist forwarded his schedule for the remainder of 2013: ROBERTO BOLLE’S ENGAGEMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2013 MAY From May 1 to May 12: NYC Rehearsals ABT May 13 Opening Gala night Met May 14: Onegin first performance Met May 16: Onegin, Met May 15and from 17 to 20: NYC Rehearsals ABT May 21,22: a Month in the Country Met Forom 23 to 31: NYC Rehearsals ABT JUNE June 1, 3:ALEXEI Met From June 4 to 14: NYC Rehearsals ABT June 15: Romeo and Juliet Met From 17 to 24: NYC Rehearsals ABT 25: Sylvia Met 26,27: NYC Rehearsals ABT 28: Sylvia Met JULY 19: Roberto Bolle and Friends MANTOVA 21,22: Roberto Bolle and Friends ROMA TERME DI CARACALLA 24: Roberto Bolle and Friends FIESOLE 26: Roberto Bolle and Friends TAORMINA SEPTEMBER 17 Roberto Bolle and Friends, New York City Center, 24-28 Shanghai OCTOBER/ NOVEMBRE From October 29 to November 6: Rehearsals Milano, Teatro la Scala 7, 8, 12: Histoire de Manon, Milano, Teatro la Scala 23 Roberto Bolle and Friends, Roma DECEMBER 10,17,19,20: Serata Ratmansky, Milano, Teatro la Scala Link to comment
California Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Thanks for posting that schedule. Looks like he'll skip the fall ABT season the first two weeks of November. He did participate in the City Center season in fall 2012, so this is a disappointment. Link to comment
California Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I just received a promotional e-mail regarding Bolle's evening at City Center September 17. They describe one piece, "Prototype," by Volpino, as a "ground-breaking work combining both video and dance as Roberto Bolle duels his virtual double." (I don't see that language on the City Center site just yet... http://www.nycitycenter.org/tickets/productionnew.aspx?performanceNumber=7440 http://www.nycitycenter.org/content/misc/RobertoBolle-13a.pdf It does sound interesting, and I wish I could see it, but they must think we're all stupid with short memories. Just a few years ago, Baryshnikov toured extensively with a piece by Millepied, "Years Later," which featured old video of Baryshnikov with today's edition dancing in front. I saw it in Santa Monica, and it was delightful. Here's a NY Times report from May 14, 2009: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/arts/dance/17laro.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 I don't see a date on the Volpino piece. Do we know which came first? Has anyone seen the Volpino, which is described as an American premiere? Link to comment
lion Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Roberto Bolle: dancers need a perfect body, a great face, and passionhttp://www.gramilano.com/2013/08/roberto-bolle-dancers-perfect-body-great-face-passion/ Link to comment
California Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Don't get me wrong - I love Roberto Bolle as a dancer. He's one of the dancers I look for in deciding which Met programs to see, and I own several of his DVDs from La Scala. I'm just skeptical of that marketing promo for one work and I wonder which came first, "Prototype" or "Years Later." Baryshnikov toured that program extensively for a few years, both in the U.S. and Europe, as well as Israel. So there were plenty of opportunities for others to see it. Link to comment
fondoffouettes Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) So, based on his social media presence, I kind of feel like Bolle has turned into a Dorian Gray figure who is deeply in love with himself. Many ballet dancers do quite a bit of navel-gazing, but Bolle takes it to a whole other level. It's kind of creepy. I mean, the number of videos he posts of his bulbous calf muscles flexing... I gather that he's been a rather gracious partner, but I wonder if this self-loving persona has been evident onstage at all? I haven't seen him in a few years now... Edited January 30, 2018 by fondoffouettes Link to comment
Helene Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Yet in the documentary I saw about him in the Spring*, he seemed warm, generous, and low-key. *Roberto Bolle - The Art of Dance (by Francesca Pedroni). Link to comment
fondoffouettes Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, Helene said: Yet in the documentary I saw about him in the Spring, he seemed warm, generous, and low-key. Okay -- to be honest, I kind of regret commenting on his social media persona (though I meant it half in jest); I don't think it necessarily says anything about his character. I've found that he documents himself...his face, his anatomy...a lot -- even by dancer standards -- but I'll just leave it at that. He's obviously a beautiful person and I've always enjoyed him at ABT. Edited January 31, 2018 by fondoffouettes Link to comment
Outside Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Roberto Bolle is a genuine kind and caring person. He has a long history of being involved with helping others and charity work. He has been an UNICEF ambassador for almost 20 years, gone to Africa a couple times, performed for Africa and other organizations numerous times. His numerous dance partners and dancers who shared the stage with him over the years have nothing but utmost compliments to say about him as a dancer and as a person, and he them. His fans who have had contacts with him say the exactly the same thing, also his numerous interviews with the media highlight this point. Just this year, he brought dancing to the prime time TV in Italy on the New Year day, where he danced with a Syrian refugee dancer to raise the awareness of the plight of refugees, he also brought the young dancers from La Scale to share the spotlight. His show won over millions of viewers who discovered the art of ballet through him. In the opening performance at the Davos for WEF, again he brought the young La Scala dancers who danced the significant portions of the performance and shared the spotlight with him. For a dancer, let's just focus on the male dancers for now, his body is his work and his instrument. Roberto Bolle maintains his instrument at the peak form at the age of 2-month-shy of 43, this is the result of years of hard work and commitment. If he is proud of his body and wants to show it off, he has every right to be, as does every other dancer, and he is no more showing off than other dancers. I have see other dancers (repeated praised in this forum) who repeatedly show off their body with nothing but just a dancing belt on on their Instagram. Link to comment
LadyBubbles Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I have a feeling his Instagram is not even managed by him anymore. Or at least he only partially manages the activity there. When the Danza con me, or whatever it's called, was first announced, his Instagram story began to aggressively publicize it with specially edited photos. It reminded me of Hollywood stars when they sign an endorsement deal. Their Instagram, but especially their Instagram stories, are flooded with publicity. I'm not assuring that this is the case, but it's certainly a possibility. Link to comment
Vs1 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 11:45 PM, Helene said: Yet in the documentary I saw about him in the Spring*, he seemed warm, generous, and low-key. *Roberto Bolle - The Art of Dance (by Francesca Pedroni). Where? Link to comment
Helene Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 It was at the Seattle International Film Festival. Link to comment
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