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California police officer charged over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material

The officer, a 25-year-old resident of Salinas, was placed on administrative leave late last year after his department referred the allegations to an outside task force

The Independent UK

Acosta Danza: A Decade in Motion at Sadler’s Wells review: no fireworks and precious little fun

2/5 This tenth birthday celebration of Carlos Acosta’s company gives its dancers stylish performances, but not always in the material they deserve

Evening Standard

These are the UK cities that will host Black Sabbath: The Ballet in autumn and winter 2025

The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production, dedicated to the godfathers of heavy metal, will hit the road from September to November

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Folclor at Linbury Theatre review: a hectic, patchy triple bill from ballet maestro Carlos Acosta

3/5 Acosta Danza gives this piece balletic finesse and contemporary heft, even if the choreography is patchy

Evening Standard

Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta: ‘Dance was salvation. My life depended on it’

Ballet has always been more than just a job for Carlos Acosta. And as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he is trying to make it bigger than ever – even in the face of brutal cuts and the tragic death of its CEO

The Guardian - UK

Ballet legend Peter Wright: ‘Margot Fonteyn was cold as ice. Rudi Nureyev was a bit of a pain’

At 98, the choreographer has lost none of his love for dance – or his scathing wit. As his famous Nutcracker is performed again, he talks about grit, the ‘rubbish’ classics and directing a historic duo

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Carlos Acosta's guide to Havana: dancing, the seawall of the Malecón and the Meliá Cohiba hotel

The legendary dancer shares the secrets to his home city of Havana, from streetside discos to the best restaurants

Evening Standard

Nutcracker in Havana review – Carlos Acosta’s Cuban take on the Christmas classic is a breath of fresh air

With its tropical backdrop and Latin-infused reworking of Tchaikovsky’s score, Acosta Danza’s touring show, if not always coherent, flies by

The Guardian - UK

Nutcracker in Havana review – Carlos Acosta is in a sunny mood this Christmas

Tchaikovsky’s score gets a Latin makeover and Cuban dance styles combine with classical ballet in this joyful and colourful festive family show

The Guardian - UK

Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – never quite reaches boiling point

His dancers are superb, but abrupt tonal changes get in the way of the story’s emotional punch in Acosta’s expanded new production

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – a giddy Cuban tragedy

Bursting with upfront energy, Acosta Danza’s contemporary mashup is lively but light on emotive moments

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Acosta’s Carmen at Sadler's Wells review: fails to take flight

This flawed take on the French ballet lacks any tension, and Carmen’s fate feels dully inevitable from the start

Evening Standard

Carlos Acosta: ‘It’s hard to talk about weight in ballet’

The Havana-born superstar may have retired from dancing nearly a decade ago, but he has no plans to slow down. Currently the artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he talks to Charlotte Cripps about ballet and Black Sabbath, middle-aged spread, and his plans to bring ballet to the masses

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Judge sentences former Illinois child welfare worker to jail in boy's death

A judge has sentenced a former Illinois state child welfare worker to six months in jail in connection with a 5-year-old boy's death

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Black Sabbath Ballet announces international dates after huge success of UK run

Black Sabbath – The Ballet is headed for the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and the USA

The Guardian - UK

Has it come to this? We must act now to save Birmingham’s culture from cuts

Austerity-hit Birmingham’s decision to stop funding the arts is a calamity for a city whose rich contribution to UK culture – from Tolkien to the Streets – is such a vital source of civic pride

The Guardian - UK

Carlos Acosta to create new version of The Nutcracker set in Havana

The acclaimed dancer, director and choreographer takes on ballet’s favourite frosty Christmas show, with his Cuba-based company Acosta Danza

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Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty; Dimitris Papaioannou: Ink – review

Carlos Acosta’s BRB revels in an expansive revival of Peter Wright’s 80s classic, while the Greek choreographer’s sensational-looking Ink tantalises and terrifies

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Carlos Acosta and Tony Iommi on Black Sabbath the Ballet – ‘Hopefully people won’t be ripping the seats out’

As this surprising collaboration opens in London, Acosta says it’s part of his drive to bring ballet to new audiences ‘for the survival of the art form itself’

Chicago Sun-Times

Former child welfare worker guilty of endangerment after Crystal Lake boy beaten to death by mom

Andrew “AJ” Freund of Crystal Lake died in April 2019 after being beaten by his mother. Ex-DCFS investigator Carlos Acosta was accused of ignoring numerous warning signs of the boy’s abuse.

The Guardian - UK

Don Quixote review – Nuñez and Muntagirov deliver a sensational shock of sunshine

The Royal Ballet principals light up the stage in Carlos Acosta’s charmingly comic staging of an often nonsensical, but enduring, classic

The Guardian - UK

Don Quixote review – sunshine, warmth and dazzling technique from the Royal Ballet

With its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical dance

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet; English National Ballet: Our Voices – review

The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in the English National Ballet ambitious new mixed bill

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