And set new standards of grace and set new standards of grace and athleticism in theatres around the world. Having retired from the classical stage he set up his own cuban dance company, and is also a director of the berlin royal ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with your family, ballet. Welcome. Lets start in cuba, with yourfamily, your upbringing, a happy childhood . Very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, ourfamily was i although in the 80s in cuba, our family was i would say, it was poorer than most families but still there was a big big sense of community, it was a good time for cuba, anybody could participate, do everything that society offers, obviously education was free, there was a lot of community parties that brought the community together. I was very restless as a kid and it was in the 80s where the Breakdancing Movement started in cuba and everything, so i was into breakdancing, obviously, later on in my family, my mother started to have some problems and
years. that was because cuba was politically and was politically and economically alone in the world now. with diane moore coming down, everything just collapsed, so people did the best they could to survive. i remember it affected us all. there was this major accidents happening in 199a, where everybody was taking to see in anything, out of desperation. before that we had not witnessed anything like that, it was a big rupture in human society at that point and we re still talking about those times, one of hardest times. as you have already acknowledged, you have already acknowledged, you have already acknowledged, you have communism to thank for the free ballet score, all of those things. did you meet fidel castro? i those things. did you meet fidel castro? fidel castro? i met him a coule fidel castro? i met him a couple of fidel castro? i met him a couple of times, - fidel castro? i met him a couple of times, he i fidel castro? i met him a couple of times, he was i couple of tim