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Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2023-08-06 08:00:05
Royal Opera House, LondonThere’s less gravity defying, more gravitas as the Cuban star makes a dazzling return to the Royal Opera House in a seamless show of crowd-pleasing highsWhen the curtain goes up at Covent Garden to reveal Carlos Acosta, Cuban legend and leading man, standing on his own, one hand held aloft like a statue, white tights topped by what could be thought of as a shred of a toga, it is a moment of uncanny deja vu. He looks not so much 50 as immortal – back on the Royal Opera House stage (where he last performed in 2016) for a gorgeously miscellaneous crowd-pleaser, a five-night gala, to celebrate his half century.George Balanchine’s Apollo, which Acosta danced with Darcey Bussell in 2007, is one of his favourite pieces, and the section he dances from it makes a miraculous start. But Carlos at 50 – a mix of scenes lifted […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-07-10 06:21:24
British Ballet Charity Gala Click here for tickets... The post Ruth Leon recommends…. British ballet hosted by Darcey Bussell appeared first on Slipped Disc.
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