Roberto Bolle: Voyage Into Beauty

Imagine the leaps and classical forms followed by the current reigning king of the ballerino's craft, Roberto Bolle, set against the architectural ruins, the ornate churches, and scenery of historic Europe. This is a wondrously bound edition in full color of the world's best extant, living monuments juxtaposed with the best ballet you'll probably never see again... RtE

Bobby Bubbles (Bolle in Italian) beautiful body on full display with taste. Let's face it that's what this book is almost all about The "almost" relates to the split in message. The first part is placing Bolle in historic locations looking like sculpture. The second is a rend of one of his annual summer gala tours in Italy. It's a hoot to have and enjoyable and it isn't really about dance.

Such a very beautiful book!

Gorgeous. Elegant. Proud to display on my coffee table, and my guests all love it. For fans of Bolle and of Italy.

Bolle is magnificent here but over powered by Italian antiquities and architecture. SB

Good pics not the Best

couple pages of good photography then turns into show photos........just awful

Soso.

This arresting collection of over 100 colour plates is as much a celebration of Italy's UNESCO World Heritage sites as of the dancer himself whose sculpted and statuesque form is appropriately placed by Fabrizio Ferri in the ruins of Pompeii. Bolle, besmirched with volcanic grit and soot, assumes the contorted attitude of one of the corpses excavated from the ashes or stands draped like figures in the frescoes behind him or reclines on a stone bench in the cavernous ruined baths - as Roman bathers once had. The remainder of the photographs, by Luciano Romano, show Bolle performing in the beautiful and unique architectural sites of Rome,Milan, Naples, Florence, Verona, Venice, Capri and Sicily. Sometimes these amphitheatres and temples are the subject, photographed against the blue of the Mediterranean but more often it's the airborne figure of Bolle himself with the architecture as a magnificent backdrop. Here Bolle flamboyantly fulfils his role as a cultural ambassador for UNESCO, reminding us of the vital importance of preserving Italy's heritage for the world.

My well packaged book arrived four days ahead of schedule. Well done and thank you. The book itself is absolutely stunning and worth every penny.

Great book, loved this dancer for yearsBeautiful & powerful photos of Roberto

A simply stunning book in perfect condition.

If you love Roberto Bolle, you will love this book. Beautiful photographs in which Roberto looks like a god !