Julio Bocca

Julio Bocca ( ​​born March 6, 1967 in Munro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is an Argentine ballet dancers of the 20th century and probably the most important Argentine classical dancers.

Life

Born in Greater Buenos Aires, he started four years to take ballet lessons. At seven, he was inducted into the " Escuela Nacional de Danza " and moved a year later included in the " Instituto Superior de Artes " of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

There he quickly fell out with its above-average talent and entered in 1981, at the age of 14 years, the " Compañía de Ballet de Cámara del Teatro Colón " in. A year later, he has performed as a solo dancer in a production of Flemming Flindt. In 1985, he won the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow and was offered a contract with the American Ballet Theatre ( ABT) offered.

In 1990, his dream of his own company, the "Ballet Argentino " fulfilled. Bocca is Artistic Director of the Company, which occurs both in Argentina and abroad.

In his choreography Bocca mixed classical ballet with tango. In 1998, he appeared in the film " Tango, no me dejes nunca ", by which he gained a new audience. He often worked with the tango choreographer Ana Maria Stekelman.

His farewell performance he gave in the production of the ABT of " Manon " on 22 and 23 June 2006. He was still dancing afterwards in his own company, but sat down in late 2007 finally to rest.

In March 2007, his biography ' La Vida en Danza "was released.

Awards

Among the accolades received by Bocca, include: