Pasquale La Rocca is an Italian dancer and choreographer. Best known as former Italian Ballroom and Latin Champion, La Rocca joined the second series of the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars.
La Rocca began his amateur dancing career in 2003 partnered with fellow Italian dancer, Concetta Picascia. Their best result was finish top three in the Italian National 10 Dance Championships. Between 2005 and 2006, La Rocca partnered Vincenza Napolitano. Together they earned first places in TeamMatch della Danza in San Bendetto and MasterDanzOpen in Pescara. Between late 2006 and late 2007, La Rocca partnered Marika Fondi. Together they earned many first places, most notably at TeamMatch della Danza at the 2006 San Benedetto Open and Supercoppa in Foligno the following year. Throughout 2008, La Rocca partnered Veronica D'asti. They had a short but successful partnership, achieving many top five finishes most notably at the 2008 Verona Open. La Rocca's final amateur partner was Kristina Pfeiffer. Between 2012 and 2013 they had a successful run, winning the Amateur Latin Trophy at the Clapson Dodd Competition Day in 2012.
Professional dancing career
La Rocca joined in 2014 the Broadway production of Burn the Floor touring in London’s West End and around the world including China, Australia and Japan. During the South African leg of the tour, La Rocca was named as Dance Captain of the company. La Rocca remained with the touring company until 2018. In 2017, La Rocca joined former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, Flavia Cacace, on her 'Tango Moderno' tour. In 2018, La Rocca appeared as a back-up dancer on Strictly Come Dancing's annual Blackpool special. In 2019, La Rocca joined Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers, Dianne Buswell, Amy Dowden and Chloe Hewitt on their 'Here Come the Girls' tour.
''Dancing with the Stars''
Belgium
In September 2019, La Rocca joined the cast of the second series of the second incarnation of the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with influencer, Julie Vermeire. On 10 November 2019, Julie and Pasquale won the series.
Series
Partner
Place
2
Julie Vermeire
1st
Performances with Julie Vermeire
Ireland
On 12 November 2019, just two days after he won the Belgian version, it was confirmed that Pasquale would be joining the cast of the fourth series of the Irish version of the show as a professional dancer. He partnered radio broadcaster, Lottie Ryan. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the series was cut short by one week. On 15 March 2020, Lottie and Pasquale won the series.
