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Carlos Acosta – Dances Royal Ballet Classics [blu-ray]

Acosta / Yates Release Date: 09/25/2015
Label: Opus Arte Catalog #: 7186
Composer:  Louis Ferdinand Herold ,  Sergei Prokofiev ,  Léon Fyodorovich Minkus Conductor:  Anthony Twiner ,  Boris Gruzin ,  Martin Yates Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra ,  Royal Ballet Sinfonia Number of Discs: 3

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So memorably described as ‘a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks’ (Independent), Carlos Acosta has been at the forefront of contemporary ballet since his arrival at the Royal Ballet in 1998. Here he sparkles in three of his most celebrated roles: the young lover Colas in the joyfully bucolic La Fille mal gardée, which received five stars from the Guardian, Times and Mail on Sunday; the innocent but Read more