Carlos Acosta: On Before inspires rapturous standing ovations

Carlos Acosta in On Before

Carlos Acosta and Laura Rodriguez in On Before

Carlos Acosta

Carlos Acosta and Laura Rodriguez in On Before

By Kathy Elgin, 19 February 2024

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“his whole body following hands that seem to have a life of their own, it showed off his elegance”

Reviewed at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 16 February 2024

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Carlos Acosta, Director

Laura Rodríguez, Dancer

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Kathy Elgin

After a career in publishing, Kathy Elgin turned her enthusiasm for dance into a real job by joining the late, great John Percival, Dance Critic of The Times, in his re-launch of Dance and Dancers magazine in 1981. She was later delighted to join its rival, The Dancing Times, as Scottish correspondent until the magazine’s sad demise in 2022. She lives in Edinburgh.