Respect women, he grew up with mom and with me. Camilla Botticini, 26, attended the ballet school at the Theater and now teaches in Milan. “Our favorite places are Navigli and Porta Genova. We watch Masterchef together, he loves to experiment.
I eat pizza, he’s a chef.” On one hand, the disorder of punk, on the other, the rigor of classical dance. He, enrolled in the graphic and advertising institute, never liked books or going to school. In fact, he didn’t graduate.
As a boy, he dreamed of being a skater. During his training, he participated in numerous shows at the Academy and the Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala. Today he teaches classical dance at the Accademia Danza Milano. We share a love for music.
It’s thanks to our mom, a non-professional dancer, who has always been a huge fan of Renato Zero and passed on her passion to me. Then I fell in love with classical ballet. When I was ten, I joined the Scala Academy and my mom followed me, moving from Brescia to Milan. My brother listened to Blink-182 (and so did I), sang and played the guitar in the United States.
After graduating at 18, I auditioned to join the ballet company at La Scala, but I didn’t pass. So I worked for the Opera Nova Bydgoszcz company in Poland. “I saw him play the guitar for hours locked in his room and I listened to him. He has always been very closed and shy as a person.
Even now, despite being in the spotlight at Sanremo, he is reserved. He’s a big softie.” And, when work allows, I go to his concerts. We like watching “Masterchef”.
But then he teases me because he says I always eat pizza, while he loves to experiment. My favorite is “Autodistruttivo”, the one they’re taking to Sanremo, the lyrics are amazing: it’s about those who have had a difficult past and feel marginalized. It would be a dream if Matteo came…”
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