{"id":8888,"date":"2020-10-26T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=8888"},"modified":"2020-10-26T19:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:27:38","slug":"pasquale-la-rocca-interview-for-performers-stuff-pro-series-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/pasquale-la-rocca-interview-for-performers-stuff-pro-series-dancing-with-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasquale La Rocca Interview for Performers Stuff Pro Series: Dancing with the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-header-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Pasquale La Rocca Interview for Performers Stuff Pro Series: Dancing with the Stars<\/h3>\n<font size=\"2\" color=\"grey\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3);margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-none author-image\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/performerstuff.com\" target=\"_self\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"-webkit-border-radius:50%;-moz-border-radius:50%;border-radius:50%;\"\/><\/a><\/span><p>Written by:\u00a0Mark Pawsey<\/p>\n<p>October 26, 2020<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -14px; top: 78px;\"><\/div>\n<\/font><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><p>Performer Stuff Pro Series host, Mark Pawsey catches up with Pro Ballroom &amp; Latin Dancer, Pasquale La Rocca, two-time winner of Dancing with the Stars firstly in Belgium (2019) and most recently in Ireland (2020). Pasquale shares with Mark his passion and dreams for dance and what it means to win DWTS.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who is Pasquale La Rocca?<\/h4>\n<div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span style=\"border:1px solid ;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pasquale-La-Rocca_Web_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><\/div><p><strong>Two-time Dancing with the Stars Champion<\/strong>,\u00a0 Pasquale La Rocca Originally from Italy and now based in London, Pasquale La Rocca is an Italian Ballroom and Latin American Champion, representing Italy at the World Latin American Championship in 2007. Dancing since he was 9 years old, he has since become a specialist in Ballroom and Latin America dancing and has also trained in Jazz, Commercial and Musical Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Pasquale joined the Broadway production of &#8220;Burn the Floor,&#8221; touring London, China, Australia, Japan, and South Africa as Principal Dancer and Dance Captain. Following UK tours of \u201cTango Moderno\u201d and &#8220;Here Come the Girls,\u201d as a leading male dancer, Pasquale joined Dancing with The Stars \u2013 Belgium in 2019, partnering influencer Julie Vermeire.\u00a0Immediately after winning the competition and lifting the famous Mirror Ball Trophy, Pasquale joined the Irish cast of Dancing with the Stars, partnering Broadcaster Lotti Ryan. Remarkably he was able to dance to victory again and lift the Mirror Ball Trophy for a second consecutive time.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"common\">WATCH: <\/span><\/strong><strong>Pasquale La Rocca Interview for Performers Stuff Pro Series: Dancing with the Stars<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AOZp7ku0-b0?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Show Photos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pasquale-La-Rocca_Web_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pasquale-La-Rocca_Web_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Pasquale-La-Rocca_Web_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes section-body-post\" style=\"margin-top:;margin-bottom:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Want More Performer Stuff Pro Series? 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He spent 15 years in London\u2019s West End working on shows such as \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d, \u201cTaboo \u2013 The Boy George Musical\u201d and original productions of \u201cThe Woman in Black\u201d \u201cBuddy\u201d and \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d. In 1998 Mark joined the acclaimed \u201cCirque du Soleil\u201d troupe, touring the world with \u201cAlegria\u201d, \u201cQuidam\u201d and \u201cAmaluna\u201d. He moved to Las Vegas in 2004 to take up residence with them on \u201cZumanity\u201d and then to Tokyo in 2010 with \u201cZED\u201d where he became Artistic Director. He gave a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ba9bc9;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ba9bc9; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WFC_s6odYQg\" target=\"_blank\"> TEDx Talk<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in Edmonton, Canada in 2013 on \u201cThe Future of Inspiration\u201d and left Cirque after 16 years, in 2014. However, he stumbled upon an opportunity with Norwegian Cruise Lines which led to a fortuitous partnership with Joyce Arbucias and The Imagination House in Orlando, where he has been a Producer of Live Entertainment for the past 3\u00bd years.<\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[256,937],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}