Carlos Acosta: 'At 50, I have to dance in a way that I can still walk off, and not call an ambulance'
The Cuban star on returning to the Royal Opera House stage, commissioning a heavy metal ballet and diversity in the arts Carlos Acosta was one of the greatest classical dancers of the modern age, with a career that took him from the backstreets of Havana to the most famous stages in the world. The 11th child of a poor family, he trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba before winning the Prix de Lausanne in 1990…