Carlos Acosta

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Carlos Acosta


Born
Havana, Cuba
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Born in Havana in 1973, Carlos trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba with many of its most influential teachers, including Ramona de Sáa. From 1989 to 1991 Carlos performed throughout the world, guesting with several companies including the Compagnia Teatro Nuovo di Torino in Italy, where he danced alongside Luciana Savignano.

In 1990 he won the Gold Medal at the Prix de Lausanne, the Grand Prix at the 4th biennial Concours International de Danse de Paris, Vignale Danza Prize in Italy and Frédéric Chopin Prize, awarded by the Polish Artistic Corporation.

Upon the invitation of Ivan Nagy, Carlos was invited to dance as a principal with the English National Ballet in London during their 1991/92 season. He made his debut in the Polovts ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 786 ratings · 103 reviews · 40 distinct works • Similar authors
No Way Home: A Dancer's Jou...
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Pig's Foot
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Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story
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Sin mirar atrás: La histori...
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Salinas en Proceso
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La cachette du diable
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“… the best time to plant a tree is always twenty years ago. If, for some reason, you did not plant it then, the next best time to plant a tree is now.”
― Carlos Acosta, Pig's Foot
tags: dreams, future-plans, inspirational, life
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“A riot of noise, of traffic, of confusion: this was Havana.”
― Carlos Acosta, Pig's Foot: A Novel
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“A friend of mine says that what’s important is not work, but what you become through work, because at the end of the day all men die, but their work lives on in spite of the suffering and the sacrifice.”
― Carlos Acosta, Pig's Foot: A Novel
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