# Carlos Acosta
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Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada CBE (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban ballet dancer, and the director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. He has danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from 1998 to 2015.
Shutting Down ICE: McHenry County Takes a Stand
In April of 2003, rural McHenry County began a politically and financially volatile relationship with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by contracting to house immigration detainees at the McHenry County Jail in Woodstock, Illinois. The relationship quickly exposed local residents to th…
Israel and Hezbollah agree ceasefire, as more Lebanon strikes reported
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed a ceasefire, a US official says, following intense Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon that the government said killed 47 people.
Also on the programme, the US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV a…
Carlos Acosta, dancer
In the world of dance, Carlos Acosta is a superstar. He grew up in a poor part of Havana, where he was the 11th child in his family, and began his training at the National Ballet School of Cuba.
At the age of just 18, he became the youngest principal dancer at the English National Ballet. After gai…
Ep 42: To Protect, Serve And Begin A Career
Salinas Police Chief Carlos Acosta and Fire Chief Samuel Klemek join us for the hour for a discussion on career opportunities.
Sargent Zak Dunagan, Assistant Fire Chief Dave Furey and Rancho Cielo’s Tiffany Harbrecht round out the panel.
Good program…great folks.
If you'd like to support Ranch C…
Carlos Acosta, dancer: Ballet is for everyone
“It's very important that we expose this work early on, so that people from different cultures see ballet as a way of a career. But in the 1990s or 2000s, it was pretty much closed, we didn't have - even in school - a lot of black ballet dancers from which to choose from. But now, obviously, things…
Yemi Alade, singer: I wanted to be a mega superstar
“I just knew that I wanted to be a mega superstar and I didn't know how…I feel like Africa chose me before I even chose Africa, and I feel music chose me before I chose music.”
Nkechi Ogbonna speaks to Nigerian singer and songwriter Yemi Alade about becoming one of Africa's biggest music stars and …
Wild Wild Women
Nikki Bedi meets Preeti and Kranti - two members of India’s first all-female hip hop collective, Wild Wild Women - to talk about their extraordinary journeys thus far
Plus critic Alexandra Steinacker-Clark joins to give her take on the cultural talking points of the week:
We hear from Ru Paul from…
Carlos Acosta
Carlos Acosta is a Cuban dancer, choreographer, and director. Acosta won the Prix de Lausanne aged 16, and became the youngest Principal at the English National Ballet in 1991, aged 18.
Acosta returned from classical ballet in 2016 after 28 years of performance. During his ballet career, he wrote …
Dancer Frank Isaac on the Afro-Cuban Flavours of Acosta Danza Ballet
If you’re not sure that Acosta Danza is for you, you must listen to this podcast. I speak to Frank Isaac, one of the dancers pictured and learn what’s special about Acosta Danza, an Afro-Cuban inspired ballet troupe headed by Carlos Acosta and performing at Sadler’s Wells this month (Acosta Danza -…
Elijah Peterkin of Ballet Black Talks about the Ballet Institution and his Inspirations
My latest interviewee for the podcast series Black Artistry: Inspiration Recrafted is Elijah Peterkin, one of Britain's few professional black male ballet dancers. I learn about the traditional ballet aesthetic in which the black body is typically deemed lacking. I also learn about the mission of B…
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