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Front Row: Ballet star Carlos Acosta

Ballet star Carlos Acosta

21/07/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Ballet star Carlos Acosta

With John Wilson, who interviews ballet star Carlos Acosta and comedian John Bishop.

Ballet star Carlos Acosta, stand-up comedian John Bishop and the graffitti artist whose work has just been given as a gift from Cameron to Obama.

Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta was born in Havana, Cuba, the youngest of eleven children. He was sent to ballet school at the age of ten to keep him out of trouble. Now an international superstar, he reveals the problems dancers face as they grow older - he's now 37 - and considers his relationship with his native Cuba. 

Comedian John Bishop discusses how he turned to comedy after the break-up of his marriage, and reflects on how peforming stand-up repaired his relationship. 

Andy Garcia plays a prison officer who dreams of becoming an actor in the film comedy City Island. Antonia Quirke reviews. 

And Ben Eine, the graffitti artist whose work has just been given as a gift from Cameron to Obama. 

Producer Helen Roberts.

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