welcome. let s start in cuba, with yourfamily, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. 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, to everything that society offers. obviously education was free, there was a lot of community parties that brought the community together. i was a very restless, wild kid, and it was in the 80s where the breakdancing movement started in cuba and everything, so i was into the breakdancing scene. 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 injail and things like that, but i felt for the most part it was a very, very good time for cuba. an artistic family? you are the youngest of 11 kids. that s right, on my father s side. he was a truck driver, and before he met my
let s bring in our north america correspondent anthony zurcher. it has been a very long day, the grand jury proceeding going on for hours and things are not over yet at the courthouse. flat over yet at the courthouse. not over yet at the courthouse. not over et over yet at the courthouse. iirrt over yet although we are getting indication that we could have those indictments that you mentioned, ten indictments, we don t know who they are what they cover but they are what they cover but they will be unsealed, publicly released sometime in the next two hours and at that point, the mystery will be over, we will look into it and steve donald trump is invited, or any associates of him, like rudy giuliani, if they are included and what kind of crimes they are charged with. obviously in the investigation was on attempts to influence or overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia but did they use a racketeering law which has a 20 year prison sentence as part of a criminal ent
hello. i mjohn wilson. welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. he became the first black principal of the royal ballet 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, acosta danza, and is also director of the birmingham royal ballet. welcome. let s start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. 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 cub
hello. i mjohn wilson. welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. he became the first black principal of the royal ballet 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, acosta danza, and is also director of the berlin royal ballet. of the birmingham royal ballet. welcome. let s start in cuba, with your family, your upbringing. a happy childhood? very happy, i must say, although in the 80s in cuba, still, our family was on the. i would say it was poorer than most families, but still there was a big, big sense of community. it wa
Hello. i mjohn wilson. welcome to this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast series in which i talk to leading creative figures about the key moments of their life and the most important cultural works that have fired their imagination and had a profound impact on their own art. my guest is carlos acosta, the cuban born ballet star who, over a 30 year career, is now regarded as one of the greatest dancers of all time. he became the first black principal of the royal ballet 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, acosta danza, and is also director of the birmingham royal ballet.