by Carrie Seidman | Apr 15, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
In 1989, Ariel Serrano, then 17, and Carlos Acosta, 15, were selected from among hundreds of peers at the Cuban National Ballet School to spend a year dancing in Italy as part of a cultural exchange. That year, which Acosta recalls as one of the most beautiful of his...
by Christie Seaver | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Audiences have much to celebrate when Carlos Acosta performs at the Royal Opera House this month in honor of his 50th birthday. Between working as artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet and directing his own company, Acosta Danza, the Cuban superstar returns to...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Apr 18, 2019 | Profiles
Since the project was first announced toward the end of 2017, we’ve been extremely curious about Yuli. The film, based on Carlos Acosta’s memoir No Way Home, promised as much dancing as biography, with Acosta appearing as himself and dance sequences...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 3, 2018 | Career, News, Trending, Viral Videos
Here at Pointe, every day feels like World Ballet Day, though the official 2018 event took place on Tuesday. While WBD is a thrill for any bunhead, it can also be overwhelming. How are you supposed to sit in front of your computer all day when you have class and...