biscuitsarenice:

“I want to have a company that it will be a legacy. I want to work with the dancers and pass everything  I can. I will bring choreographers to work for this company. I will choreograph myself when I have a cool idea that I think is worth it. It’s not about me and my ego, it’s about that the company lasts.”

Carlos Acosta 

 

Carlos Acosta on his desire to create a new small dance company with which he will tour the world. And where he will choreograph and direct young Cuban dancers from different dance backgrounds such as contemporary and classical, whom he believes, with his direction, will have the potential to go on to be the next Baryshnikov.

He’s judging them on how they move, the quality of movement, whether they have musicality or not, and how much expression they bring to the exercises in the auditions. These dancers must not only have potential but personality as well, as he says “…personality it plays a big, big role, because it is a performance, performance and personality, but I mean you can work on that as well.”