Yuli: this portrait of Carlos Acosta and Cuba is a dance film like no other

Dance on film can have many functions. It might act as a showstopping decoration to the drama , a shorthand for its protagonist’s obsession or madness or a blunt tool for illustrating cultural difference . But, aside from Jerome Robbins’ masterpiece West Side Story, it doesn’t often work as a narrative device – an alternative script. That’s how it functions in Yuli, a new biopic of Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta, by Spanish director Icíar Bollaín and writer Paul Laverty .

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