Cuba’s ambassador for flair - Interview with dancer Carlos Acosta

“What a glorious ambassador for dance Carlos Acosta is, and not just as a performer. Although a naturally modest man a hangover, perhaps, from his humble origins as one of 11 children of a truck driver, the Cuban-born Royal Ballet guest principal is clearly aware of his clout, and is becoming an impresario of flair.

That is not to say that the Manchester Festival wasnt stretching a point in including this programme - performed by Acosta with Danza Contemporánea de Cuba and other compatriots - in what was billed as “the worlds first international festival of original, new work”.”

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