Vladimir Vasiliev
Picone was born in Naples, Italy and trained at the Ballet School of the Teatro di San Carlo. At the age of twelve he was chosen by Beppe Menegatti to dance the role of the young Nijinsky in the world première of the ballet "Nijinsky", with Carla Fracci and Vladimir Vasiliev He also trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome and won both competitions of Rieti and Positano.