I am so proud of him and his career. As a fellow Cuban, I could not be more proud.
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
He is sheer physical greatness. You could not find enough adjectives. A combination of near perfection and a continual bursting of power and complicated and creative technique and feats. There is such a containment about him but yet such an explosive quality. He is so precise in his preparation yet he is unbridled. In short, he's a beast. No wonder he is so great - he brushed with Alicia Alonsa. He is just extraordinary all the way. His focus, his drive, his concentration, his innovation. What a magnificent dancer. This is such a wonderful video. Thank you so, so much.
@96radster2 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this because KZbin ad about Mr Acosta being interviewed , I am 56 now in 6th grade my mother enrolled me in violin class which I dont no why . But as a child you obey your parents, I learned quickly and sort of enjoy it. Back then there free trips to ballets and opera for LAUSD music school. I appreciate our music teacher MS. RUTH BUDD who taught us about music This school was Union Ave elementary school in Los Angeles. I appreciate music more now and not the garbage 1 week wonder I hear most listen to these days.
@kbstudent2 жыл бұрын
I was blessed to have watched Carlos performing with the Houston Ballet in the '90's. We always visited with the dancers after the program, and he was so gracious. Signed my daughter's playbill and took pictures with her. He was our favorite. Good dancer, creative artist, and most importantly, just a really nice guy.
@giuliorenzobighin8165 Жыл бұрын
Basterebbe I' imperativo impadronimento del proscenio a balzi falcati amplissimi ed a sforbiciate aeree e a rotazioni volanti tortili e raccolte ad ascrivere questa performance in pura eccezzionalita '.Superlativo.Bighin Giulio Renzo. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@alejandrasanchez12292 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😍❤.Bravo Carlos Acosta👏👏👏🇨🇺
@bridgetdoman13862 жыл бұрын
Had never heard of him but watching the movie on TV at this moment so Googled him. I love to see a man who can dance, regardless of the type of dancing.
@lazarocedeno52702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for featuring such a great classical male ballet dancer. Born in the island of Cuba. Alicia Alonso school of dance. Escuela National de Ballet. Bravo.
@markjones45612 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible. It's not just the elevation and the ballon, but it's the sharpness of the attack.
@judithschmeider14702 жыл бұрын
If you were in the audience, they'd go nits at leaps. It was the amazingly controlled finishes that got me. Not a dancer holding on at the end but with more. And the technique ...placement and turnout on turns wow. Wish I'd seen him. Slow mo gives a chance to appreciate
@svetlanaguscin84052 жыл бұрын
Neverovatno, fantastično... Žao mi je što nikada neću moći da ga vidim na pozornici. Hvala na zadovoljstvu koje ste mi pružili
@freeyourdreama78222 жыл бұрын
The Cuban school and his life experience make him great
@ileanamuntean7338 Жыл бұрын
I watched him at ROH a few times. Apart from the fantastic technique, he communicates emotion and energy like no other.
@pomeneal49412 жыл бұрын
Carlos, o gigante. Bravo sempre
@andreazima2 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful that l am crying !!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@alanfoster7082 Жыл бұрын
Super ballet knowledge, bravo.
@Marta443392 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another terrific video, so enjoyable and painlessly informative. His elevation and ballon are surprising, given his size and height.
@sakura445532 жыл бұрын
What a great video! Thank you! I hope there will be also one with Carlos as a great partner dancer and other topics...
@mountfujieagle2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a million, Kent. Incredible dancer and highly instructive video. Love them.
@keylongo24702 жыл бұрын
Simply breath taking!, He brings love and admiration to the art of ballet and stardom place for male dancers. A joy to see Carlos’ artistic talent.
@sharonkaczorowski86902 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@annettegilbert3715 Жыл бұрын
Magnificent technique and placing!!!
@claudiafinelle2 жыл бұрын
He is magnificent!so clean, graceful and powerful. Cuba seems to prioritize the arts and medicine. Simkin is just as magnificent but the vibe is so different. Acosta is majestic and Simkin ,I suspect is some sort of mystical creature.
@migueltrujillo5932 Жыл бұрын
...and he is a masculine looking guy too.
@selie20012 жыл бұрын
who dislikes this??? Some people are beyond ...
@roadoc1002 жыл бұрын
thank you Kent, i enjoyed this video a lot and learned. i love carlos!!!
@pamelacorbett877422 күн бұрын
Carlos Acosta was painted by an amateur, Curtis Holder, commissioned by the Royal Portrait Gallery in London. You can see the video on you-tube where they both discos their careers during the sittings, very interesting. Also when Carlos sees the finished portrait at the unveiling ceremony at the RPG.
@TheBeverly72 жыл бұрын
BRAVO!!!!!!!
@lorraine5247 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. Thank you for this
@benjamintownsend57942 жыл бұрын
Another great video, I learn so much from your content and your website, thanks.
@nicolehourcade2 жыл бұрын
I was in Cuba when he won Lausanne but my family was involved in the Choreographical foundation🥰👏🎶🎵
@gonefishing1675 күн бұрын
Just wonderful, thank you 🩰🩰🩰🩰👵🇦🇺
@carenkowcenuk87242 жыл бұрын
I saw Nuryev once, live, in The King and I. It was not done as a ballet, but his command of the stage was still outstanding.
@nicolereding72342 жыл бұрын
I remember when he won because i wasbin Cuba🌺👏🙏💯
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@minissa20092 жыл бұрын
A pleasure, as always (even learned a couple of new terms!). I would have called the step that opens Corsaire a turning pas de chat. Is it the entry that makes it a saut de basque variant? And I agree, I was seeing Simkin (also Vasilieve to some extent) in some of these he's-so-good-he-makes-up-his-own-steps jumps. But more amazing from Acosta because he's a relatively large man. I found him relatively late in his career, when he could still out-dance a lot of god-tier danseurs, but this footage from his prime is just utter perfection---on steroids! Again, thanks. I learn so much from your break-downs.
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for tuning it. Probably multiple terms can be used for the step. It is generally called a saut de basque because the dancer goes off one foot and lands on the other with a turn. I was able to see Carlos as a guest artist at ABT in the early 2000s and always enjoyed it. I wished that he danced at ABT more. His Conrad in Le Corsaire was memorable.
@minissa20092 жыл бұрын
@@KentGBecker Have you seen his Spartacus with Nina Kaptsova? It's in bits and pieces but is available on YT. I'm so jealous! I really miss New York and its unparalleled dance scene.
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
@@minissa2009 Thanks. Never seen it. Will take a look on KZbin. NYC is looking up with the NYCB season and upcoming ABT season with Giselle and mixed rep. Will have coverage on Balletfocus.com.
@rosiegreen8132 жыл бұрын
@@KentGBecker You've perhaps found it on DVD by now. He was an older dancer by the time he danced it with the Bolshoi, but he added immense interpretation to the role.
@majawn2 жыл бұрын
I would think that for it to be pas the chat it would require asynchronicity in leg movement: going up sequentially not simultaneously, creating a sort of rolling/domino impression.
@nadezdakorosteleva49252 жыл бұрын
Как он великолепен!!! Великий танцор- Мастер!
@berkana87622 жыл бұрын
Ну,если вы воспринимаете балет,как цирк, то да,и музыка ему не мешает...
@nadezdakorosteleva49252 жыл бұрын
@@berkana8762 чем же он не угодил фанату Твардовского? Сам то, на что способен?
@_NAED_ Жыл бұрын
Great! Dancer and Narrator, thank you! Thoroughly fascinating!
@betsymcdonelherrph.d.5440 Жыл бұрын
I love these videos you make and narrate. I wonder if you could find footage and talk about the careers of Kevin Pugh and Dale Brannon, who began their training in Indianapolis at the Jordan School of Dance and went off to careers in a number of important international companies. I think Pugh is now teaching in Canada. I took classes there for years with Jack Copeland and Rebecca Rutt. Jack Copeland's story and reach in training talent was fascinating, another topic that would be fun to see covered.
@tuulawestra33672 жыл бұрын
Fabuloso el Senor.
@user-dd1dg7cc8o2 жыл бұрын
Тело Цескаридзе, техника молодого Полунина. Это просто бог какой то
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
He's better than Polunin.
@AliceUnicorn2 жыл бұрын
Just wanna say, I love your channel. I love ballet but not a dancer, so you channel help me gain so many knowledge. Thank you.
@Jas-ib7tr2 жыл бұрын
Incredible 😍👏🏽
@yunieyquiala26162 жыл бұрын
El mejor del Mundo en su momento.
@josephcollins60332 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!!!!! I am learning from you!!!!!
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joseph. Will have another video soon.
@mariacristinapizzorno75852 жыл бұрын
Maravilloso!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@tatianakurosh17015 ай бұрын
Великолепный танцор, мощь и грация, отточенность движений, безукоризненное исполнение❤ Ученик Нуреева? Очень похоже...
@elisek10672 жыл бұрын
Very good! I am not his fan, but very good!
@pediatrapaola2 жыл бұрын
true in le corsaire he did the peter schsuffus jump l saw live peter doing it in late 70's in galas in london doing le corsaire
@jonnarobinson75412 жыл бұрын
I ❤️❤️❤️❤️your videos. ⭐️🤩🤩
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jonna
@TheeHoneyBadger7093 Жыл бұрын
Brilliance 🔥
@mdicanio2 жыл бұрын
I think I can help you with some terminology. I know that “double assemblé” is out there, but it’s a misunderstanding of assemblé, which is very simply the bringing together of the legs in a tight fifth position. Adding tours only makes it an “assemblé with two tours” or assemblé en tournant. Not to belabor the point, but one can only assemblé the legs once. I certainly applaud your efforts to bring the terminology to the fore.
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@rethinkcps21162 жыл бұрын
So wonderful. What does he do now,?
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
He is now the director of Birmingham ballet!
@lynnerichardson14902 жыл бұрын
That’s “Birmingham, UK” not Alabama, BTW
@rethinkcps21162 жыл бұрын
@@lynnerichardson1490 - OK. I wondered about that. You are kind to clarify, tactfully. 😎
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
@@lynnerichardson1490 yes lol 😆 sorry I didn't specify!
@huwaidaguindi82252 жыл бұрын
@@lynnerichardson1490 what about the ballet company or school … he had founded in cuba…???
@rafaeleligiotorresrivera2050 Жыл бұрын
Arriba mi paisano. Partiendo la tarima 😂😜💯
@dorothykelly89243 ай бұрын
Wow
@Valentina-cl2kn2 жыл бұрын
СОВЕРШЕНСТВО!!
@user-dl1yc8cb4l3 ай бұрын
Iove this human so much. After barry, possibile the other goat
@joeimbesi992 жыл бұрын
Like Shaufuss a great dancer that is underrated compared to Nureyev , Baryshnikov, V. Vassiliev and even Soloviev
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I am thinking about doing a video on Shaufuss. Agree he is a great dancer with many innovative steps ahead of his time.
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
So very, very true Joseph.
@marcoslucio7612 Жыл бұрын
SUPERBE!
@toeknee19652 жыл бұрын
Ok we can talk about his steps and how he does it all. U sound like a sports commentator in this. Which is kind of funny. But Can we just say how hot he is? !!! Instead of saying he is athletic. And those legs. That that giant body can do those things. A ballet monster in all The good senses. Like Nureyev And that balconey pas de deux in romeo that is online. That kiss at the end and how he approaches her. Wow. So honest. Now I sound like a sports commentator. Haha
@brendadufaur37 Жыл бұрын
great comment Tony!
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
I would like to let you know that one day I'll be in one of these videos 📹🙃🙂
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait! Where do you dance?
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
@@KentGBecker Ballet center of fort worth is where I might be formally training next year 💪🏽
@KentGBecker2 жыл бұрын
@@Not_YourAv3rageJO Best of luck!
@Not_YourAv3rageJO2 жыл бұрын
@@KentGBecker Thank you so much! 🙏🏽 You'll see me succeeding monumentally in 4 Years
@carenkowcenuk87242 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen anyone who impressed me as much as Mischa in his prime. Those buns, thighs and calves. Wow!!! What a great body he has, not to mention his wonderful grace in all his movements. 72 yo woman ..... Sighing... .aaaahhhhhh!!! LOL!!!
@fluffy908092 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏
@ninapaulina39 Жыл бұрын
Накаченный гладиатор. Это поражает, но не восхищает!
@gilbertomoura3034 Жыл бұрын
Hai TSIYA YELLOW MUSK TABLE OF INTELLIGENTSIYA BALLET. .CONGRATULATIONS. .FUNTASTIK THESE. .PERFORMANCE. .D'ACO D'OIRO. .THANKS FOR ALLES UND LIEBEN ZI! FROM YOURS GENERALLE BALLERINE MOURA MUSK GENERALLE ASTRONAUTA OF INTELLIGENTSIYA OM STARSHIP MICHELLE VIII. BNDS MISSILE Y X KARAJE PIMENTADO. 🔰🔰🔝👟👟
@luciaquesnel185 Жыл бұрын
This vision of Carlos' childhood as "very humble" is no accute. Poverty in CUba has nothing to do with poverty in other countries, even in the USA. A poor child whose father has a fixed job who has time to encourage his abilities and is as educated and nourished tas o be able to get where he is is not "poor", as understood in the rest of American countries.
@user-wn6cv8lc7g2 жыл бұрын
По танцам на нуриева похож
@vivianjames97972 жыл бұрын
Not as good as Bartshnikov
@vivianjames97972 жыл бұрын
Too bad I can’t spell Baryshnikov
@sakura445532 жыл бұрын
Carlos Acosta gives me more pleasure than Михаил Николаевич Барышников. Both are great dancers of their time!
@terezwinkler66582 жыл бұрын
Oder Nurejew
@sakura445532 жыл бұрын
@@terezwinkler6658 Nurgejew had the worst technic of the famous dancers in 20th century, even he did a lot for the development of man in ballet.