Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – never quite reaches boiling point
Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – a giddy Cuban tragedy
March 2024
Carlos Acosta to create new version of The Nutcracker set in Havana
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty; Dimitris Papaioannou: Ink – review
February 2024
Lycett, Acosta and Duran Duran condemn Birmingham’s 100% arts budget cut
Napalm Death, visual artist Pogus Caesar and Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight also among city’s cultural figures warning over ‘horrifying’ move
September 2023
Black Sabbath: The Ballet review – riveting riffs, endless kisses and flying limbs
Paranoid pirouettes – inside Black Sabbath: The Ballet, already a headbanging hit
August 2023
Carlos at 50 review – Acosta’s gorgeous birthday bash with friends and family
There’s less gravity defying, more gravitas as the Cuban star makes a dazzling return to the Royal Opera House in a seamless show of crowd-pleasing highs
July 2023
Carlos at 50 review – stunning tricks and charisma to burn
Observer New Review Q&A
Carlos Acosta: ‘At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance’
April 2023
BRB2 review – great start for Carlos Acosta’s young squad
Birmingham company’s offshoot ranges from classical showpieces to modern shorts, allowing its dancers to tackle roles usually kept for principals
February 2023
Riffs and tutus: Black Sabbath ballet to be staged in Birmingham
Rock band to lend eight songs to the ‘world’s first heavy metal dance experience’ performed by Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet in September
January 2023
Acosta Danza: Spectrum; Julie Cunningham: How Did We Get Here? – review
Acosta Danza: Spectrum review – passion and power
November 2022
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music; Made in Leeds: Three Short Ballets – review
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Into the Music review – an allegro trio
June 2022
Birmingham Royal Ballet: On Your Marks! review – Carlos Acosta sketches a bright future
The director manages to stretch ballet’s mould while retaining mass-market appeal with an exhilarating summer triple bill
