List of Ballets that Carlos has performed the lead role in:

  • Swan Lake – Marius Petipas, reworked by Anthony Dowell. Carlos has also danced versions by Alicia Alonso, Ben Stevenson and Kevin Mckenzie.
  • The Sleeping Beauty – Marius Petipas, reworked by Monica Mason.
  • La Fille Mal Garde – Frederic Ashton [DVD available from Amazon]
  • La Bayadere – Natalia Macarova (Carlos has also danced Nureyev’s version for Paris Opera)
  • Spartacus – Yuri Grigorovich [DVD available from Amazon]
  • Giselle – Marius Petipas, reworked by Peter Wright [DVD available from Amazon]
  • Romeo and Juliet – Kenneth Macmillan [DVD available from Amazon]
  • Manon – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Mayerling – Kenneth Macmillan
  • La Corsaire – Marius Petipas, reworked by Constantin Sergeyev.
  • The Nutcracker – Marius Petipas (various versions)
  • Don Quixote – Carlos Acosta (he has also danced many other versions including Nureyev’s) [Blu-ray/DVD available from Amazon]
  • Carmen – Carlos Acosta [Blu-ray/DVD available from Amazon]
  • Coppelia – Ninette De Valois
  • Cinderella – Ben Stevenson
  • Dracula – Ben Stevenson
  • The snow maiden – Ben Stevenson
  • Rhapsody – Federic Ashton
  • The Dream – Frederic Ashton
  • Voices of Spring – Frederic Ashton
  • The Judas Tree – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Song of the Earth – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Gloria – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Requiem – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Winter Dreams – Kenneth Macmillan
  • Apollo – Balanchine
  • Agon – Balanchine
  • Theme and Variations – Balanchine
  • The Four Temperaments – Balanchine
  • Dances at a Gathering – Balanchine
  • Jewels (Rubies) – Balanchine
  • The Prodigal Son – Balanchine
  • Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux – Balanchine
  • Pierrot Lunaire – Glen Tetly
  • The Rite of Spring – Glen Tetly
  • Afternoon of a Faun – Ninjinsky
  • Raymonda – Nureyev
  • Scheherazade – Michel Fokine
  • Kim Brandstrup – Rushes
  • Machina – Wayne Mcgregor
Carlos as Basilio, with Marianela Nuñez as Kitri, in Don Quixote, his first work for The Royal Ballet in 2013. For his first work as Principal Guest Artist, Carlos chose one of his favourite ballets, Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote, a joyful adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’s classic novel.
Marianela Nuñez as Lise and Carlos Acosta as Colas in the Act I Pas de ruban from Frederick Ashton’s La fille mal gardée.
An introduction to Carlos Acosta’s Carmen (The Royal Ballet)
Viscera / Afternoon of the Faun / Tchaikovsky pas de deux / Carmen (Trailer)