Julio bocca biografia

Since his spectacular win at the International Ballet Competition, Julio Bocca has established himself as one of the twentieth century's most renowned dancers. Fans say that he can defy gravity, effortlessly fly across the stage, and spin an impossible number of pirouettes all with exacting precision and unbridled passion.

There he is a superstar easily selling out auditoriums normally reserved for sporting events.

Julio Adrián Lojo Bocca .

His company, Ballet Argentino, is considered a national treasure. Yet for Bocca, fame and fortune is not the point — the dance is. Julio Bocca was born on March 6, , in the small town of Munro, Argentina. Not far from Buenos Aires , Munro was a typical barrio — dusty, crowded, and terribly poor. His single mother, Nancy, taught ballet in a small studio at the back of the home she shared with her Italian-born parents.

His father refused to acknowledge Bocca as his son and died when Bocca was in his teens. Despite this painful rebuff, Bocca was surrounded by the love of his close-knit maternal family. Like most of their neighbors the Boccas were very poor. However, Bocca's grandfather was a firm believer in the power of the arts and worked long hours as a laborer to buy a piano for the family.

Julio Adrián Lojo Bocca is an Argentine ballet dancer.

His grandmother was equally committed, spending hours sewing young Bocca's first dancing outfits. Given this environment it is not surprising that Bocca began dancing at the age of four. By eight he was hooked and to his family's pleasure he announced that he wanted to be a dancer.