Written by Paul Laverty this is the story of Acosta's life: a loving yet brutally determined father, a schizophrenic sister, a poor childhood in Cuba, racism, career vs. family and becoming the principal dancer at the English National Ballet in London. Acosta recreates his own life, directing other dancers to play characters from that life with Acosta occasionally playing his own father. Like a child recreating its own past in order to feel comfortable within the known - or to change it - Acosta does it with dance.
This is a beautiful piece of work and takes us into the graceful world and mind of a man working through his demons with dance.
This is a beautiful piece of work and takes us into the graceful world and mind of a man working through his demons with dance.