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Etoiles' Biographies

Roberto Bolle

Roberto Bolle

Born in Casale Monferrato, Roberto Bolle started the Scala Ballet School at a very young age; Rudolf Nureyev chose him to perform the role of Tadzio in Benjamin Britten’s opera Death in Venice.

Massimo Murru

Massimo Murru

Massimo Murru began studying dance at the La Scala Ballet School, from where he graduated in 1990. He became a member of the Corps de ballet in the same year. In 1994 he was named First Ballet Dancer.

Svetlana Zakharova

Svetlana Zakharova

Born in Ukraine, Svetlana Zakharova studied at a local dance studio where she mostly practised folk dancing from the age of 6. Aged 10 she joined the Kiev Choreographic school, where she trained mainly with Valeria Sulegina.

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