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 won several international dance competitions 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 Dezember 2019)
Awards (selection)
- Silver Medal First Beijing Ballet Competiton (2007)
- Grand Prix International Ballett Competition Cuba (2007)
- Gold Medal Shanghai International Ballet Competition (2008)
- Winner Emerging Dancer and People’s Choice Award (2012)
- Mr. Virtuoso Award International Ballet Festival Dance Open (2011, 2012)
Repertoire (selection)
Le jeune homme et la mort (R. Petit)
Blue Bird / Prince Désiré in Sleeping Beauty (K. MacMillan)
Franz in Coppelia (R. Hynd)
3. Act in Raymonda (R. Nureyev)
Conrad / Ali in Le Corsaire (A.-M. Holmes)
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (D. Deane)
Basilio in Don Quixote (M. Petipa)
Albrecht in Giselle (P. Wright)
Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Petrucchio in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
The Golden Idol in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
Lewis Carroll / the White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (C. Wheeldon)
Spartacus in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
Basilio in Don Quijote (R. Barra/L. Minkus)
Philostrat / Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (J. Neumeier)
Colas in La Fille mal gardée (F. Ashton)
Dancer in Kairos and Sunyata - Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
Abderakhman in Raymonda (R. Barra, M. Petipa)
1st Solo couple in Jewels (G. Balanchine)
Gaston Rieux in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Franz in Coppélia (R. Petit)
Günther in The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Albrecht in Giselle (J. Coralli/J. Perrot/M. Petipa)
Past events with Yonah Acosta
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September 2020
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June 2020
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March 2020
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January 2020
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December 2019
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October 2019
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June 2019
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May 2019
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April 2019
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Sunday 21
06:00 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
JEWELS
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Sunday 14
07:00 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
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Friday 12
07:30 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
DIE KAMELIENDAME (THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS)
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Monday 08
07:30 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
DIE KAMELIENDAME (THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS)
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Wednesday 03
07:30 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
JEWELS
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March 2019
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June 2018
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May 2018
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April 2018
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March 2018
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February 2018
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January 2018
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Saturday 20
07:00 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Thursday 18
07:30 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Sunday 14
07:30 PM Uhr · Prinzregententheater
Don Quijote
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Saturday 13
06:00 PM Uhr · Prinzregententheater
Don Quijote
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Friday 12
07:30 PM Uhr · Prinzregententheater
Don Quijote
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Thursday 11
08:00 PM Uhr · Prinzregententheater
Don Quijote
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Sunday 07
06:00 PM Uhr · Nationaltheater
SPARTACUS
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October 2017
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September 2017