In 1989, in Cuba, about to board a plane for Milan, where I was going to school for a year. The visa didn’t arrive in time, so I couldn’t board. The plane crashed and people died.
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Carlos Acosta
Cuban ballet dancer
Cuba / United Kingdom · b. 1973
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Born in Havana, Carlos Acosta trained at Cuba’s National Ballet School. He joined the Royal Ballet in 1998 and was a principal guest artist there from 2003-2016. In 2003, his show Tocororo: A Cuban Tale, based on his childhood, broke box office records. He celebrates 30 years in dance at the Royal Albert Hall from 2-5 October. He is married with three children, and lives in Somerset.
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