This summer Sadler’s Wells stages a season of Cuban dance. Sarah Crompton travels to the island to talk to returning hero Carlos Acosta about setting up a new company in a society on the verge of radical change
Carlos Acosta stands in the bright Cuban light. A straggle of goats wanders past ruminatively; a peacock cries from the nearby trees. “Imagine it,” he says, flinging his arms wide. “You just put yourself into that day in the future when we have a big opening with kids from all around the world.”
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Source: Guardian Dance News