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Hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time, becoming the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace an...

Hello. Imjohn wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 Podcast Series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. He became the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of g...

And set new standards of grace and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with yourfamily, your upbringing, a happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, ourfamily was i although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say...

Hello. Imjohn wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. My guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. He became the first black principal of the royal ballet and set new standards of grace an...

Society offers. Obviously education was free, there was a lot of community parties that brought the community together. I was very restless as a kid and it was in the 80s where the Breakdancing Movement started in cuba and everything, so i was into breakdancing, obviously, later on in my family, my mother started to have some problems and then i started to experience some problems with my father being injail and things like that, but i felt the most part it was a very very good time for cuba. An...

And this movie flashdance and fame, so that was the period of time. so i started to get to these parties in our barrios, and my sister was dancing disco at the time and showed me these moves, and i got into the breakdancing scene that was in our barrio, and i started to learn those moves. and we started to get, little by little, stronger so we could compete in the barrios in the zone. compete? yeah, all the time, we were trying to go and pick a competition between barrios, and they always result...

You mentioned breakdancing — was that an early cultural passion? at the time, disco was still around, and this movie flashdance and fame, so that was the period of time, so i started to get to these parties, and my sister was dancing disco at the time and my sister showed me these moves and i got into the breakdancing scene that was in our bario, and i started to learn those moves and we started to little by little get stronger so we could compete in the zone. compete? yeah, all the time, tryi...

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You mentioned breakdancing — was that an early cultural passion? at the time, disco was still around, and this movie flashdance and fame, so that was the period of time, so i started to get to these parties, and my sister was dancing disco at the time and my sister showed me these moves and i got into the breakdancing scene that was in our bario, and i started to learn those moves and we started to get, little by little, stronger so we could compete in the barios in the zone. compete? yeah, al...