Carlos Acosta
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What does Carlos Acosta wear on stage and why does it matter to his identity?
Hi, come in.
Welcome to Fashion Neurosis, Carlos Acosta.
Thank you for inviting me, Bella. Great to be here.
Can you tell me what you're wearing today and why you chose these particular clothes?
Uh I'm wearing this uh very timeless jacket, leather jacket that I bought 20 years ago in Camden. Uh I love it, I love the feel. I I I think it's me. Nowadays I'm as a director, I'm wearing all these suits all the time. There's all formality, uh stereotype. But this is me right here, you know, very earthy. Yeah. Um also this Louis Bouton uh uh shirt, which is blue. Blue is my favorite color. I got also these diesel jeans. I love the the fit uh in me. Uh I I wear them constantly. And then in my wrist, I got this this watch, which is very special. It's also dark blue watch. by um a watchmaker uh company called uh cuervos and sobrinos which is uh it has a very Latin heritage story. Uh was a one of the The oldest um uh luxury watches made in Switzerland by an Spanish family uh that settled in Cuba in Havana in eighteen eighty two.
Uh and uh and it just had this kind of art deco kind of designs and uh and this one is very special as well because uh they they made it with my logo, this flying main logo that I have, which is uh my personal logo, and it has this kind of memories and uh You know, it's a it's a way of saying, you know, I'm bringing Cuba with me all the time. Right.
Will you uncover it so I can't I can only see the edge of the
Yeah, let me just see I don't know if you see that. You know, it has this anal art decal inspired dial. And dark blue, which I like. Uh just so
cool.
And it's very vintage. I also like vintage cars, classic cars. You know, I always thought that an XK one twenty fifty eight, which I love, those kind of cars, they're all timeless and very distinctive of that time and when people describe the golden era of uh classic uh classic cars design. And uh anyway, it's just uh this is just me right here.
The total look. Because in Cuba that they have so many classic cars there.
Yeah, it's like a museum of classic cars. Uh in Cuba obviously, you know, it's a kind of country that uh time is stop. Um You had these treasures on the street, uh, you know, running. I s almost like it going back in time, uh the time of the of the fifties when Cuba was uh one of the places to be and leaders in many ways, in fashion for sure. uh it was almost like the breakground of the greatest stars in the world. Uh you know, Hemingway and there was Ra José Raúl Capablanca who was one of the the most recognizable figures, chess player, champion, uh at the time, but all all of them, Sinatra, all of them, they were there. And so Yeah, still pretty much you go there and of course everything is crumbling down suddenly, but still you see all these
cars, you know, this fifty seven Covet and Cadillac and Osmobile running around, you know, still uh seventy, eighty years later. Amazing.
It's amazing. I went there I was telling you just before thirty years ago and there was Still It was the kind of moment where even though there was so little, there was also so much. The education and the medicine and the people were so elegant and just full of dignity and it was so striking how impressive people were and uh And Um I'm so glad I Managed to go then.
Yeah, I think dignity is uh is is uh a a really uh a special word to describe it 'cause obviously, you know, we all come from very humble beginnings, but the Cuban people always had this sense of pride and uh obviously uh you know like you say very very cultural very happy people uh revolutionary in terms of the music that that uh tiny island had gave to the world and uh full of an amazing sports player like Javier Sotomayor who's still up to today is the highest jumper in history
really with with
the record jump of two meters forty forty six
or
forty five. Imagine the kangaroo is three fifteen meters and then after that is Javier Sotomayor. So a and that, you know, it's the kind of sense of like you say, pride and dignity that Cuba people regardless the the environment and the circumstances always carried with them and that's what you saw uh in in the nineties and I remember that time very very well.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Carlos Acosta wear on stage and why does it matter to his identity?
0:08–12:47
2
How did growing up in Cuba shape Acosta’s early relationship with dance and street culture?
12:47–24:56
3
Why does Acosta view ballet as both sport and art, and how does that affect male dancers?
24:56–36:44
4
What is the purpose behind the distinctive “mask‑like” smiles of ballet performers?
36:44–47:10
5
How has sugar addiction impacted Acosta’s life and does he still crave it today?
47:10–57:49
6
Why does Acosta consider writing a memoir an extension of his creative drive?
57:49–1:07:51
7
What does Acosta see as the future of contemporary dance and its role in artistic evolution?
1:07:51–1:19:31
8
How does Acosta envision his legacy and the next generation of dancers?
1:19:31–1:28:35