Fashion editorial US Vogue tapped the spirit fo William Shakespeare, the visual genius Annie Leibovitz, the dramatic beauty of Canadian catwalk superstar Coco Rocha — yes, that’s her real name — and the statuesque body of 33-year-old Italian dancer Roberto Bolle.

Bolle will perform Romeo in the upcoming season of the American Ballet Theatre in New York. “Romeo is the role of my life,” he says. “It has everything in it: the passion, the tragedy, the love. All of the strongest emotions that you can feel are in this story.”

And while Bolle looks strangely aloof in this shoot, those legs are definitely epic. We added a black and white nude back shot of him as a final confirmation, if need be.

Vogue