Julio Bocca has been at the helm of the Uruguay's Ballet Nacional for almost four years. The company - officially known as the Ballet Nacional SODRE (BNS), as it comes under the umbrella organisation of Uruguay's national broadcaster, SODRE - was formed in 1935, though it has had some hard times through the years. A fire in 1971 destroyed Montevideo's Estudio Auditorio del Sodre, the company's base, and for almost forty years, until 2009, the theatre was closed. The year after the new theatre was opened - the Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta - Bocca met with Uruguay's Minister of Education and Culture:
I talked about the possibility of becoming the company's director, and I laid out my requirements for rebuilding the company. The Minister called Uruguay's President, José Mujica, and two days later we met, and he offered me the position of Artistic Director. I've been living here for the last two years.
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