| Carlos Acosta, born in 1973 is a Cuban
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| | Carlos was the youngest son in a poor
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| dancer. He began studying dance when he
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| | family that was named after the planter
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| was 10 at the National Ballet School of
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| | who owned his great great grandfather at
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| Cuba in Havana. Mr. Acosta has been a
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| | one point of time. This youngest kid in
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| recipient of various national and
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| | the family was endowed with a free and
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| international dance awards, including the
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| | independent spirit, but the monetary and
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| Spanish Vegnale Dance Prix in Italy, gold
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| | other constraints always acted as
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| medal at the Prix de Lausanne, grand prix
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| | impediments in his flight. Just like all
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| in the Third Juvenile Competition of
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| | other young kids, he too dreamt of a
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| Dance, the grand prix and the gold medal
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| | career in football. But fate obviously
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| at the Fourth Annual Competition of
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| | had other plans for him. He was the
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| Ballet in Paris.
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| | youngest members of a street gang and
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| Following the tradition of successful and
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| | would bunk school to win street break
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| artistic men the world over, Acosta too
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| | dance competitions.
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| went on to write an autobiography with
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| | To curb the violent streak in his son and
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| the name of No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's
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| | to nurture his talent, Carlos' father got
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| Story. The storyline of the book is
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| | him enrolled in a ballet school. After
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| immensely inspirational. A rags to riches
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| | undergoing years of loneliness,
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| story of one of the world's best male
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| | suffering, conflict and even physical
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| dancers. It begins by showcasing his
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| | crippling effort, Carlos Acosta today is
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| poverty-ridden childhood in the
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| | an international star of repute. From
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| backstreets of his hometown, Cuba. The
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| | being an urchin on the Cuban streets to
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| readers also get to witness his
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| | being an uncrowned prince of this art
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| astronomical rise from a humble
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| | form, this highly inspiring and endearing
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| background to being an international
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| | story is a must read.
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| dancing star.
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