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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, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community, it was a good t...

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 and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage, he set up his o...

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 artistic family . You are youngest of 11 kids. Thats right, on my fathers side. He was a truck driv...

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We were also bad losers anyway. just mentioning that time, you mentioned the barios, those were districts, but impoverished districts? yes, marginalised a bit, on the outskirts, although... everyone had a free education. if you wanted to become a lawyer, there was a way for you. if you wanted to become a ballet dancer, there was a way for you. money was not an issue, and that was the communist way of getting by, and so it was pretty much tucked away in the outskirts of our bario. i used to take three buses to get to school, that's how far it was, i used to wake up at 5:00 in the morning, but i...