[1] La Rocca began his amateur dancing career in 2003 partnered with fellow Italian dancer, Concetta Picascia.
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.
[6] 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.
[10] In 2019, La Rocca joined Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers, Dianne Buswell, Amy Dowden and Chloe Hewitt on their 'Here Come the Girls' tour.
On 27 March 2022, Carberry and La Rocca won the series, making this his second consecutive win on the show and third of the worldwide franchise.
[21] Highest and Lowest Scoring Per Dance On 3 September 2022, La Rocca announced via Instagram that he would be joining the Italian version of the show, Ballando con le Stelle for its seventeenth season as a professional dancer.
[23] In the second week of the competition Costamagna suffered an injury to her knee, this negatively effected the couple's performances forcing her to sit and move very little throughout most of them.
Judge, Selvaggia Lucarelli was particularly vocal with her opinions stating that she felt the couple should have bowed out gracefully and scored them 'zero' three weeks in a row.