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Nutcracker in Havana review " Carlos Acosta is in a sunny mood this Christmas by Lyndsey Winship

Theatre Royal, NorwichTchaikovsky's score gets a Latin makeover and Cuban dance styles combine with classical ballet in this joyful and colourful festive family show In 1969, Fidel Castro banned Christmas in Cuba. The country was declared atheist, and Santa a foreign import. Festivities were eventually reinstated when the Pope visited the island in 1998, but the young Carlos Acosta, growing up in 1980s Havana, never…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:02am on November 4, 2024

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