Acosta Danza Carmen review (Image: PH) Ravishingly revved-up with a sexually-charged, intoxicating heroine and sublimely hummable hits from Bizet eponymous opera, this Carmen has all the ingredients for a blockbuster crowd-pleaser. Both an impassioned story of female agency and a cautionary tale about fragile men, countless choreographers have come a cropper trying to find a satisfying balance between the tragically intertwined themes. Carlos Acosta brings striking mythical imagery (plus a fan-pleasing cameo), some thrillingly explosive group scenes and admirable attempts at Kenneth MacMillaneque romantic agony in the duets, but never quite gets to the pounding heart of the woman, herself.
Ironically, for a story rooted so deeply in Latin passions, Matthew Bourne’s gender-flipped, Mid-West Anglo-Saxon Car Man remains the dominating dance adaptation of our time. Even so, there is much to enjoy here, alongside opportunities missed to mourn. Don't miss.
.. Tom Holland shines in a messy Romeo & Juliet that divides critics and fans [LATEST] Acosta Danza Carmen finale (Image: PH ) It all starts impressively, in total silence for a full few minutes as a glowing red disk backdrops figures freeze-framed in dramatic tableaux.
Bathed in red lights, Acosta appears as a menacing bull-horned agent of fate, surveying the couple splayed on the floor, another man in bullfighter’s traje de luces standing over them. The bull pulls the couple to their feet, marionetting them into an opening p.
