Yonah Acosta

Principal

Yonah Acosta was born in Havana, Cuba, and started dancing at the age of 10 at the National Ballet School Cuba. After his diploma he got engaged at the National Ballet in Havana. In 2011 he joined the English National Ballet where he was promoted to principal dancer in 2014. He successfully participated in several international dance competitions (Silver Medal First Beijing Ballet Competiton 2007, Grand Prix International Ballett Competition Cuba 2007, Gold Medal Shanghai International Ballet Competition 2008, Winner Engelish National Ballet's Emerging Dancer and People’s Choice Award 2012, Mr. Virtuoso Award International Ballet Festival Dance Open 2011&2012) and was partner of Tamara Rojo and Alina Cojocaru amongst others. In the season 2017/18 he joined the Bayerisches Staatsballett as a principal.

(Information as of October 2024)

Roles in the 2024/25 season
Lenski in Onegin (John Cranko)

Selected Roles from Previous Seasons
Petrucchio in The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Golden Idol in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Lewis Carroll/White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Title Role in Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Basilio in Don Quijote (Ray Barra)
Colas in La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
Abderakhman in Raymonda (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Albrecht in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)