Carlos Acosta – A Classical Farewell
Dance
Description
Description
The ballet legend joined by a cast of Cuban dancing elites presenting a mixed bill of classical ballet
After an unparalleled career as one of the world’s foremost ballet stars, Carlos Acosta presents his final classical ballet programme.
From humble beginnings in Cuba to performing on some of the world’s biggest stages, Carlos Acosta has had an incredible career. He has played many of ballet’s most iconic roles including Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Basilio in Don Quixote and The Prince in Nutcracker. He has worked with leading international ballet companies including National Ballet of Cuba, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Houston Ballet, written two novels and appeared in two feature films.
For his final dancing classical works, he performs excerpts from his favourite ballet repertoire alongside an incredible cast of dancers from Cuba.
Carlos Acosta will be performing in Diana & Aceteon: Pas de deux, Les Bourgeois and Majisimo.
Part One
Swan Lake：Pas de deux
Choreography：Marius Petipa
Music：Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
La Sylphide：Act 2 Pas de deux
Choreography：August Bournonville
Music：H Lovenskjold
Winter Dreams：Pas de deux
Choreography：Kenneth Macmillan
Music：Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Dying Swan
Choreography：Michel Fokine
Music：Camille Saint-Saens
Diana & Aceteon：Pas de deux
Choreography：Agrippina Vaganova
Music：Riccardo Drigo
Part Two
End of Time
Choreography：Ben Stevenson
Music：Rachmaninoff – Sonata in G Minor: third movement
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Theatre Yearbook 2016 – Dance, Drama and Xiqu" published by International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong).
Info
$160
$520
Indoor
Non-local
