Acosta Danza’s Spectrum brings brilliance to the Royal Opera House

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Acosta Danza in Performance

By Graham Watts, 25 January 2023

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“urban freestyle dance punctuated the organic development of her group movement”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 23 January 2023

Acosta Danza

Carlos Acosta, Director

Zeleidy Crespo, Dancer

Laura Rodríguez, Dancer

Mario Sergio Elias, Dancer

Goyo Montero, Choreography

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Choreography

Micaela Taylor, Choreography

Juanjo Arqués, Choreography

Acosta Danza – A Decade in Motion: a truly tremendous quadruple bill

Graham Watts, 23rd September

The brightest of many stellar things to have happened in dance over the past decade, Acosta Danza wowed the audience at Sadler's Wells with their vitality.

****1

São Paulo Dance Company: a sensational London debut

Deborah Weiss, 9th February

If you’re in need of some joy and exhilaration, the São Paulo Dance Company offers the perfect solution at Sadler's Wells.

*****

Worth the wait: BRB are back with Curated by Carlos

Graham Watts, 10th June

A triple bill about Birmingham brings Birmingham Royal Ballet back to live.

***11

Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

Sarah Batschelet, 8th March

Three different and highly-spirited works, each choreographed for the Junior Ballett Zürich, were recently performed at the city’s opera house.

*****

Context: Diana Vishneva's tour de force

Alexandra Desvignes, 12th March

Under the artistic leadership of ballerina extraordinaire Diana Vishneva, Context, a showcase of Russian contemporary choreography, sees it UK premiere at London Sadler's Wells.

*****

Carlos Acosta: A Celebration

Margaret Willis, 2nd October

For three decades, Acosta has given his audiences performances of pure pleasure. As someone who had to work against the odds to reach the top, he became one of those rare classical ballet dancers whose brilliance and incredible technical achievements, wrapped up with convincing characterisation and humble charisma, have set stages alight around the world.

****1

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.

Acosta Danza’s Spectrum brought brilliance and passion to London’s Royal Opera House