Acosta Danza – Hull Truck Theatre
If I didn’t know any better, I would have thought the dancers I saw on the Hull New Theatre stage on Friday evening had molten rubber running through their veins, not blood - so supple were they.
Acosta Danza 100% Cuban, the brainchild of international ballet star Carlos Acosta, is a mesmerising concoction of fast & furious and slow & sensuous - with effortless acrobatics thrown in.
The most fantastically hypnotic and unforgettable music assaulted our senses throughout each performance, of which there were five.
Liberto, Hybrid and De Punta a Cabo were all UK premieres, and according to the programme, Impronta and Paysage, Soudain, la nuit were both back by popular demand.
So, five rousing chapters, each telling a different story. However, I have to confess that I could...