“Yonah has learned how to dominate a stage without losing self-control and his youthful enthusiasm was contagious. His leaps and jumps are magnificent and he really knows how to raise a laugh”
(Dancing Review, 2014)
Principal: Staatsoper Ballet Munich
Yonah Acosta was born in Cuba and started dancing when he was 10. Following his training at the National Ballet School, he first joined Ballet Nacional de Cuba and then transferred to English National Ballet in 2011. In 2012, he won both the Emerging Dancer Competition and the People’s Choice Award. He is currently a principal dancer at Bayerische Staatsoper Munich.