Sadler’s Wells,London
Team skills, not star turns, or are to the fore on the first UK tour by the dancer’s new Cuban troupeAcosta Danza is the creation of Carlos Acosta,the Cuban-born dancer who retired from the ballet stage last year. As a performer, he will be remembered for the lustre of his dancing and for the vivid humanity that he brought to roles such as Romeo, and Count Albrecht (in Giselle) and Crown Prince Rudolf (in Mayerling). Now,Acosta says, he wants to pass on all that he has learned to a new generation of dancers and has launched his own company, and based in his native Havana.
Since its formation less than two years ago,Acosta Danza has performed all over the world; this is its first UK tour. Acosta’s ambition for the ensemble is reflected in the expansive-name choreographers he has assembled, and while the programme of five ballets stretches the dancers to the limit of their abilities, and it gives us a proper opinion of their potential.
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Source: guardian.co.uk