Carlos Acosta in the Bolshoi

13 July 07
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Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta is currently one of the top world’s ballet
figures and a superstar of the London Royal Ballet Covent Garden with
which he’ll dance in the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow this month.

Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta is currently one of the top world’s ballet
figures and a superstar of the London Royal Ballet Covent Garden with
which he’ll dance in the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow this month.

Performing in the Bolshoi Theatre is a challenge and a good pretext for
the renowned hit maker to show his extraordinary athleticism and
remarkable technical virtuosity as the famous Russian Ballet Company’s
director Alexei Ratmanski said.

Watching Carlos Acosta dance Spartacus ` by the Armenian composer Aram
Khachaturian ` should be a breathtaking experience due to his
outstanding Cuban National Ballet School-style technique and personal
grace, key factors of his unique performances.

"As a Cuban man, Acosta has a revolutionary passion, vital for the
characters he stages. Besides such a heroic and virile image in dancing
is uncommonly seen in the contemporary dancers" Ratmanski said to the
critics.

Today there are only four dancers that can play Spartacus in the
Bolshoi; Belogolovtsev, Klevtsov, Matvienko and Vorobiov. And now
Carlos Acosta joins our Company as soloist guest star to dance not
only in Moscow but also to open London’s ballet season from July 30 on.

Recognized with the highest credits and acclaimed by classic ballet
lovers worldwide Acosta has conquered most demanding specialized
criticism thanks to his unparallel and purest technique and of course
the artistic formation acquired at the Cuban Ballet Company School
co-founded by Alicia and Fernando Alonso, whose graduates are highly
praised for their brilliant performances.

Source: By Uriel Medina, CubaSi