Press Release: Carlos Acosta - Classical Selection at the London Coliseum 30 July - 4 August

[Jan McNulty]

Carlos Acosta
Classical Selection
London Coliseum, St. Martin’s Lane, WC2

Tuesday 30 July - Sunday 4 August 2013
Performances: Tuesday 30 - Saturday 3 August at 7.30pm; Sunday 4 August at 3pm (no performance Thursday 1 August)
Tickets: £10 - £85
Ticket office: 020 7845 9300 www.eno.org or
0844 412 4300 www.sadlerswells.com

 

 

“Carlos is a man absolutely at the top of his game, someone to tell your children and grandchildren that you actually saw, live, on stage. Just go” Daily Telegraph

 

One of the greatest male dancers of this generation, Carlos Acosta returns to the London Coliseum for a limited run from Tuesday 30 July - Sunday 4 August 2013, with Classical Selection, a new show presenting highlights from Carlos’ career in celebration of the year of his 40th birthday.

 

Carlos Acosta has thrilled audiences throughout the world with his breathtaking performances, including principal roles in many ballets in the classical repertoire. For Classical Selection Carlos will be joined on stage by some of his past dance partners and stars of The Royal Ballet including principal dancers Marianela Nunez and Nehemiah Kish, first soloist Ricardo Cervera, soloists Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood and first artist Meaghan Grace Hinkis.

 

The evening’s programme includes a number of the most famous pas de deux from the classical and neo-classical canon. Extracts performed include Winter Dreams, Mayerling, Gloria and Requiem by one of the greatest ballet choreographers of the 20^th century Kenneth MacMillan.

 

Also part of the evening’s programme is an extract from George Balanchine’s ballet about the Greek god Apollo and an extract from one of Frederick Ashton’s last works, the playful, romantic, and elegant Rhapsody. The evening’s programme also includes fellow Cuban choreographer and dancer with RAMBERT, Miguel Altunaga’s 2009 solo Memoria.

 

The evening’s programme is accompanied by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Paul Murphy. MacMillan’s Gloria and Requiem is accompanied by The Pegasus Choir.

 

Currently performing as a Principal Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet, Acosta’s past productions have played to sell-out audiences and have been lauded by critics and audiences alike. In 2007 he won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his performance in his 2006 programme, Carlos Acosta with Guests of The Royal Ballet. His debut novel Pig’s Foot, released on 30 October 2013, was recently named as one of the Waterstone’s Eleven, an annual list of some of the most promising debut novels.

Full programme details, cast and line-up to be announced.

 

Notes to editors

 

Biography

Carlos Acosta

Carlos Acosta was born in Havana and is the youngest of eleven children. In a bid to save the young boy from a life of gangs and petty crime his father sent him to ballet school when he was ten. Acosta was expelled from ballet school twice, but when he saw the National Ballet of Cuba perform aged 13 he vowed to become a great dancer. His prizes include the Gold Medal at the Prix de Lausanne in 1990 and in that same year he won the Gold Medal at the Fourth Annual Competition of Ballet, Paris. He was a Principal with English National Ballet in 1991-2. He danced with National Ballet of Cuba in 1992-3, and was a Principal with Houston Ballet from 1993-8. He joined The Royal Ballet in 1998 and became a Principal Guest Artist in 2003. In 2007 he won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his performance in his 2006 programme, Carlos Acosta with Guests of The Royal Ballet. His debut novel Pig’s Foot, released on 30 October 2013, was recently named as one of the Waterstone’s Eleven, an annual list of some of the most promising debut novels.

[alison]

Hmm, sounds rather more promising than some of the previous shows have been.  Oh boy, more money out the window ...

[blackdove]

As you rightly say Alison more money out the window!

[Billyelliott]

Wow wouldn't my DS be in heaven if he could go to see this !

Better wait and see if he goes through to any all England Finals as there is a clash there !