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
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 then i started to experience some problems with my father being in jail experience some problems with my father being injail and my father being in jail and things my father being injail and things like that, but felt the most part it was a very very good time for cuba.- good time for cuba. and artistic family? - good time for cuba. and artistic family? you - good time for cuba. and artistic family? you are l artistic family? you are youngest of ii artistic family? you are youngest of 11 kids. that s ri . ht, youngest of 11 kids. that s right. i m youngest of 11 kids. that s right. i m a youngest of 11 kids. that s right, i m a father s - youngest of 11 kids. that s right, i m a father s side l youngest of 11 kids. that s. right, i m a father s side he was a truck driver, and before he met my mother he had