Email or phone: Password: . Away from ballet, he will continue to write, and he has also made a move into acting (he plays a Cuban dancer and tour guide in a soon-to-be-released film Day of the Flowers). Yula is interesting, enjoyable viewing. 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His numerous artistic honors include the Vignale Danza Prize and the Prix Benois de la Danse. The film was called "dazzlinga dance-lover's dream" by the Huffington Post. Our Teaching element emerged with the aim of complementing what already exists and with the desire to contribute to the renowned tradition of our country in the training of dancers. He smiles. When I have an hour or so I go down to my dressing-room, open the computer and escape into my own world. My Royal Ballet commitment is 23 performances a year and some of them are more demanding than others - like Mayerling, which I did in the spring. We hired a Hollywood scriptwriter, but it did not work out. He was appointed director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2020. Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement / Competition T&Cs / Terms & Conditions / Social Competition Terms & Conditions / Competition Past Winners / Sitemap, 2023 Country & Town House. Luckily there were two Cuban dancers in the company, so he moved in with them and was just settling down when, after eight months, he suffered a bad ankle injury and needed surgery. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from 1998 to 2015. Scriptwriter Paul Laverty doesnt romanticise either of Acostas parents. Besides his novel, he has a leading role in Days of the Flowers, a film by John Roberts about two Scottish girls who take their fathers ashes to Cuba. He danced with English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba,. ", But the issue of a lack of dancers of colour, particularly in the traditional companies, remains "a big thing. The film-watching, as it's turned out, is often done with Ruswel, a good Cuban friend of mine who's an interpreter, and his partner Eva, who's from Spain and an actress. "No, because in my mind I'm not a writer. I like sex, you know. Yes indeed. Nobody wants to read about what went on before., The dancer turned novelist: Carlos Acosta in Agon (Alastair Muir). JR-How has Yuli been received internationally? Acostas mother and ebullient half-sister Berta are pale-skinned Hispanics. Anyway, Pedros conflicted relationship with Cuba is one of many rich themes. Bertha Hesles Acosta, lovingly called "Nana", born October 19, 1940 in Eagle Pass, Texas to Jose Alfredo and Bertha Schroeder Hesles, went home to Our Lord on the Feast Day of the Epiphany, January 7, 2018. Wasnt it a bit weird for a lorry driver to want his son to go to ballet school? I have the lower two floors of a Georgian house and a paved garden surrounded by lots of trailing creepers at the back. But Mam got ill and went to hospital for quite a while. Like so many people seem to have to do in London, I had to fix up the flat from scratch when I came here just over a year ago. My baby! cries Carlos Acosta, swooping down on my copy of his first novel, Pigs Foot, and giving it mwah! I'm always a little homesick, and we can talk in Spanish, watch movies, go to the Cuban bar up the street. His roles with the company have included: During the 2001/2 season he made his debut as Basilio in Nureyev's Don Quixote, and in the 2002/2003 season he made his debut as the title role in George Balanchine's Apollo. But his father was worried that the older boys in his gang were leading him into petty crime, and decided that he needed to go to ballet school to learn some discipline. Did you like it? he asks. Related To Erick Acosta, Eduardo Acosta, Paulette Acosta, Jesus Acosta. He studied ballet at the Cuban National Ballet School with many influential teachers including Ramona de Sa. Born in Panama City, Panama, Carrasco traveled to the United States on an acting scholarship to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.After subsequent study at the University of Illinois and Wayne State University in Detroit, he began his professional career in New York City, making his Broadway debut in the Circle-in-the-Square's production of "The National Health." And carrots, broccoli and cucumber. At that time I thought: No, you dont have many opportunities to tell your story, and what if now Im the one who spoils it?, But they convinced me that I could do it perfectly. Also known as Bertha Elena, Bertha F Acosta Michel. Now the body, all these jumps, the splits in the air - I do that now and three days later I'm still recovering from it. But they have to start thinking: 'That person looks different however, this is also incredibly beautiful. The Spanish filmmaker Icar Bollan offers a biopic of special appeal to ballet fans. And out of everybody I have probably been the most lonely. The director Icar Bollan presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. Our aim is to work for Cuba, this is not a private project: Acosta Danza works for the good of the nation. They were so poor that his mother once cooked the childrens pet rabbits because there was nothing else to eat. With that I would be very satisfied.. Idon't make a living from it. Given his reputation as one of the greatest dancers in the . This can be rather confusing and it echoes the much more seriously misguided use of dance to illustrate personal history that featured inNureyev. That was in contrast to the 2018 documentaryNureyevand, despite the fact thatYuliis not a documentary, it is nearer in its aims to that work than it is toThe White Crow. I suddenly realized that Yuli was never going to be in better hands. He hated ballet school at first he thought ballet was effeminate and behaved so badly that he was eventually expelled. Was he worried what people would think? They find that incredibly beautiful. Carlos Acosta was born on May 07, 2004 in Portland, ME. I practically lived in Chinatown when I was with the Royal Ballet in London. In 2006 he was filmed in the BBC studios performing a dance from Tocororo, which was broadcast on the Newsnight programme. Does it seem extraordinary to him that more than 20 years later, there is still a lack ofopportunities for black classical ballet dancers? Bertha Alicia Acosta, 83. Pig's Foot is published by Bloomsbury on 30 October at 12.99. Acclaimed ballet dancer known for his performances with London's Royal Ballet. In recent years, Acosta has had a career as an international guest artist, appearing in the US, Russia, the Netherlands, Chile, Argentina, Greece, Japan, Italy, Germany and France. I saw this pretty girl and I kept calling her and asking her out but she would never come and she disappeared for one year. And then the choreography, the dance as protagonist, the beautiful music of Alberto Iglesias, the fabulous photography by Alex Cataln, the very credible performances of Keyvin Martnez, the child Edilson Manuel Olvera, Laura de la Uz, Acosta Danza the maestro Santiago Alfonso playing my father, is a very convincing character, although a little bit softer because my real father was stricter [Carlos smiles]. Carlos Acosta rose from humble beginnings in Cuba to become one of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation, and now he'swritten his first novel, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 'Ive fought for what Ive got' Carlos Acosta. Want to see your advert here? Spain/UK/Germany/Cuba. I take porridge to Cuba for me to eat, and all sorts of grains and fruits as fuel and energy. In February, he announced the plans for his inaugural season, including a 'Curated by Carlos' festival, and special performances with renowned ballet dancer Alessandra Ferri. I dont know why, it just came into my head, and I began saying, what if it is a very little hamlet in a very isolated place? The writing, he says, was very lonely and everything, but not nearly as painful as dance. He sometimes cooked for us, but it was like a chemical experiment. That nightmarish moment never really goes away. Following this, his repertory included: In 1997 he created the role of Frederick in Stevenson's Dracula and in 1998 he added the role of Misgir in the premire of Stevenson's ballet The Snow Maiden, partnering Nina Ananiashvili. Although those who attended Carmens most recent performances in the Garca Lorca hall of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso appreciated a preview of where we are going with our students, the concert programme that we propose for this Monday will reveal the rigor with which we are working. We have achieved what seems almost impossible in three years, especially since we started from scratch. The Cuban dancer talks about food rationing, what he ate at ballet school and his fathers terrible cooking. His numerous artistic honors include the Vignale Danza Prize and the Prix Benois de la Danse. Afterwards, The pain was still too much and I didnt want to carry on performing so I went back to Cuba, and spent a year without dancing. That must have been hard? Less successful are the dramatic recreations of Acosta in his twenties. I dont know. Yes. I did some breakdancing and they all said, What the hell is that? Still, they accepted him because of his physique and flexibility. "Iwanted to understand what made books a classic," he says. In my early years as a school-truanting, break-dancing youngster I lived in a cramped apartment; now I'm a successful dancer but I don't really have time to be interested in flashy trappings and I have kept the flat simple and calming. (Perhaps they were secretly impressed by his breakdancing too.). The Hon. I havent mastered the art of cooking. JR-Your company Acosta Danza was founded three years and three months ago. Acosta chose the 17-strong company from dancers in Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, the Cuban National Ballet and Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba. These two worlds, so different, and the search for the soul along the way. In my house we were not cultured people, he tells me. In two years the movie was ready.. Carlos Acosta? Our eight content pillars celebrate the finest in Culture, Style, Interiors, Property, Schools, Sustainability, Hotels & Travel, and British Brands. I had people who always saw my talent first. A writer for London's Independent newspaper described Acosta as "a dancer who slashes across space faster than anyone else, who lacerates the air with shapes so clear and sharp they seem to throw off sparks".[3]. Sometimes wed circle around them like starving hyenas. I'm delighted to say that Acosta Danza will once more be taking part in World Ballet Day, which is happening this Wed (Nov 2). Was there any trouble with disgruntled girlfriends? I was going all over the world, Ididn't have my mother by my side. Yonah Acosta: 'I have to create my own identity as a dancer', the best male ballet dancer of hisgeneration, selected by Waterstones as one of 11 "debut literary stars of 2013". Hear the body, but push that elephant little by little until you get to your destination. She is now shes an expert now! They had their first daughter, Aila, in 2011 and identical twins Maya and Luna in 2016. He danced with English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and ABT. Responsible for all Food and Beverage operations for Southern California's largest hotel with 1,572 rooms and over 100K square feet of . His father, well played by Santiago Alfonso, is a major figure in the film and a scrapbook about his son becomes a link enabling the movie to move back and forth between the present and the past when the young Acosta was always known as Yuli.Pleasingly photographed in colour and 'Scope by Alex Cataln, this is a film of immediate appeal but it becomes less effective later on. The prize was a years scholarship to any ballet school in the world, or money. A ballet audience looks at all the girls coming down the ramp in La Bayadre and sees they are all identical same height, same skin colour, everything exactly thesame. But when I was in Cuba, there were often power cuts when we were in school, and there were not many distractions. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic. The rags-to-riches story of one of the world's greatest dancers, from his difficult beginnings living in poverty in the backstreets of Cuba to his astronomical rise to international stardom. In every seat, there is a resplendent corps de ballet male. Not girlfriends, he says. Find an Obituary. See production, box office & company info. She was shouting at the window, and the whole neighbourhood was gathered downstairs. However, inYuli, this element is subsidiary to the standard biopic approach and much of that works very well.MANSEL STIMPSONCast: Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martinez, Edilson Manuel Olbera Nez, Carlos Acosta, Laura de la Uz, Yerlin Prez, Mario Elas, Andrea Dolmeados, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Hctor Noas, Mario Guerra. I felt starving after dancing each ballet class was one and a half hours. I had two rabbits as pets and I arrived home from school one day and there was that smell Id almost forgotten, of meat. 0000064 CARLOS SANTUARIO SOLRZANO PROFESOR EN EDUCACIN PRIMARIA . We will see what is actually the reality." Who is directing? It would tide me over until Friday, when I had a pass to stay with my older half-brother in Pinar del Rio. The Times-Picayune Homepage. To change that, [they have to] go to Brazil, Africa, and bring dancers here to make a change now and say this is a company of the 21st century. I would like to do choreography also., And perhaps another novel. WhatI'm doing now is collecting what Iplanted. I want to be able to spend more time with Aila if I can, he says. A dancer who did not want to dance. I personally wasnt very good with salads, growing up. "I really wanted to study them and realise why there was something important about that writer and book.". But rice, rice, rice. I didn't have the sort of brain trained to hold a lecture, you know? I never read anything. [7], In February 2021, Acosta and the BRB premiered their first digital commission, a film titled "Empty Stage," scored by a song of the same name written and performed by American songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, who was accompanied by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia orchestra. My greatest wish is that it be an inspiration for other Cubans, full of encouragement, saying to my brothers that yes, results only come from hard work, do not give up in pursuit of our goals, our dreams. When I arrived here in Britain, I met somebody who introduced me to all these books and I began reading: The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, Notes from Underground, which I really liked. Acosta is the father of an 18-month-old daughter, Aila, and the novel's sweetly comic mixture of scatology and transcendent love perfectly captures new fatherhood. It's important we see ourselves as a collective and have good vibes for each other but that we. It was very hard seeing other students eating homemade food as well as that from the states centre for school food distribution. The book starts on a sugar plantation his own family name comes from the Acostas, a Spanish landowning family on whose sugar mill his great-great-grandparents were enslaved. They're about the only reference in the flat to my professional life, which is probably a good idea. But sometimes theyd share with me some really yummy steak. Follow @Telegraph !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? Then Paul Laverty appeared, a really special person, and a regular contributor to the renowned British director Ken Loach (he worked on The wind that shakes the barley and I, Daniel Blake, both Palme dOr awardwinners). This interview with Carlos Acosta was first published in the February 2019 issue of Country & Town House Magazine. Birth Sign Gemini. This is a film by the Spanish director Icar Bollan working from a screenplay by her husband Paul Laverty still best known for his collaborations with Ken Loach. I think sex is a very, very important fact of life in all relationships, he says. Its important we see ourselves as a collective and have good vibes for each other but that we can disconnect from dancing and each of us bring their own life and its thoughts and problems to the table. It's like a dormitory when everyone settles down at night, like old times. I had a pain-free life, I could sleep till 12, I could do whatever I wanted. BERTHA HESLES ACOSTA October 19, 1940 - January 7, 2018 . 1991: Prize for Merit in the Young Talent Competition, 1991: Grand Prix at Cuba's prestigious Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) competition, This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 18:53. I was very sad, but I ate. JR-This Monday Acosta Danza Academy will be performing at the Mella theatre . ", When he was 16, he won the Prix deLausanne, the prestigious ballet competition, which brought him to international attention. It's not quite finished because I've had a really tough year with a lot of travelling. It gave me the freedom I needed and the only thing I knew that was mine, and that I controlled. However, Spanish cinema offers a striking precedent in the case of Carlos Saura who, late on, unexpectedly took a fresh turn in his career and gave us some films based entirely on music, not least his magnificent dance filmBlood Weddingmade in 1981.Rather oddly,The White Crownot only chose to concentrate on Nureyev's early career but almost put dance to one side to give us a character study. Obituaries Section. I think my body will let me know. Acosta at ISA, with one of the original National Art Schools buildings in the background. Carlos as a child (played by newcomer Edlison Manuel Olbera Nez) is easy to love. And do they have the willingness to change it? let's check out the Carlos's personal and public life facts, Wikipedia, bio, spouse, net worth, and career details. It was terrifying. She killed herself in hospital and Berta also developed suicidal schizophrenia, and died two years ago. "You have black swans and white swans in the real world, they're not all white. He made his debut in the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor and also appeared in Cinderella, partnering Eva Evdokimova and Ludmila Semenyaka, Le Spectre de la Rose, Les Sylphides and as the Prince in Ben Stevenson's The Nutcracker. ", Now that he is 40, Acosta's retirement from ballet cannot be far off, and he is already branching out he has been choreographing more and his plans to open a ballet academy in Cuba are ongoing. The boy crackles with life (he hates ballet! I've started my autobiography; although I'm only 31, there already seems to be so much to say. This food is not going to run away.. In February, he announced the plans for his inaugural season, including a 'Curated by Carlos' festival, and special performances with Alessandra Ferri.[2]. DirIcar Bollan,ProAndrea Calderwood and Juan Gordon,ScreenplayPaul Laverty, inspired by the life and autobiography of Carlos AcostaNo Way Home,PhAlex Cataln,Art DirLaia Colet,EdNacho Ruiz Capillas,MusicAlberto Iglesias,CostumesJessica Braun,ChoreographerMara Rovira. House Of The Dragon: Where Was It Filmed & Can You Visit? We are very happy with the Concha de Plata (Silver Shell) that it received [in October] at San Sebastian film festival for Best Screenplay, although I think there is no greater feeling than witnessing 2,000 people standing up applauding the film for 15 minutes. After that came Dostoevsky, Hemingway and Spanish-language writers such as Juan Rulfo. The director Icar Bollan presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. I think the problem is companies not working hard enough to actually change the fact that in a company of 80 or 100, you have no black dancers, or maybe one or two. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian, t wasn't until he was well into his 20s that, Carlos Acosta and Marianela Nuez in Don Quixote, which opened in London last month. I remember when we started in a room lent by the National School of Ballet, where we met from four in the afternoon, all tight but eager to devour the world. Menu. I'm already grieving. The photograph beside my bed says a lot about my history, though, since it shows me, my mother, my 14-year-old nephew Yonah Acosta and my father; like the mere fact of living in London, it's a reminder of how life has changed since my childhood in a poor area of Havana. But actually my father really liked ballet, and he loved the music of Chopin and Schubert. Offstage, Acosta has the potent charisma of someone who doesnt know what it is like not to be superlative at what he does, an oddly egoless quality of absolute confidence. Hes just read a rave review that compares the book with Gnter Grasss The Tin Drum. "My father claimed that he gave me that name, because I used to say there was a warrior Indian of the Sioux tribe of North America, who was always beside me and protected me and I used to talk to. BERTHA CASTILLO ACOSTA: Ao de expedicin: 1976: Universidad: DIRECCIN GENERAL DE EDUCACIN NORMAL Y ACTUALIZAC: Ttulo: PROFESOR EN EDUCACIN PRIMARIA : Trabajo actual: Experiencia laboral: Otras cdulas relacionadas. A 15-year-old dark rum; a good Chilean merlot; a mojito. CanFoster and Acosta rescue Cuba's lost temple to ballet? They live near Frome, Somerset, because he wanted the children to grow up in the country, though he takes the whole family to Cuba for two months every year. I think when the time comes, I'll know. He is slighter than he seems on stage, and he speaks with the incantatory phrasing and repetitions of a born storyteller. Yes, you have Indian food which is amazing, and I love a thin-crust pizza in an Italian, but I was most often eating Chinese. Present-day sections in which the real-life Acosta makes sense of his dad, through dance, are thrilling. From one meal to another, one of them wants the toast and the other the fruit. A dancer who did not want to dance. Most recently Acosta was featured in "The Reluctant Ballet Dancer", a programme in the Imagine series shown on BBC1 on 9 July 2003 and presented by Alan Yentob. Cert. Does he go back, or not? The director Icar Bollan presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. Lynn Barber meets the dancer whose rags to riches story is a modern-day fairytale. Offstage, Acosta has the. In our Academy, there are not only Cuban young people, but also foreigners of great talent, but who are unable to afford their studies, their education in their respective countries. I decided that if Im going to keep dancing, I dont want to step back. Sometimes even using intercutting, these sequences on occasion show Acosta himself representing his past through dance, while at other times another dancer is used to do this. He wrote it in three years, mainly during breaks between rehearsals here in this building, the idea springing from the title he knew he wanted (Pata de Puerco in Spanish) long before he knew what the book would be about. 'Tocororo', Sadler's Wells, London, to 24 July (0870 7377737, www.sadlerswells.com); Birmingham Hippodrome 27-31 July (0870 730 1234; www.birminghamhippodrome.com), Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. [9], Tocororo is Acosta's own ballet and has been touring theatres worldwide to high acclaim. He danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Only a month ago it was the turn of Rudolf Nureyev in The White Crow and now comes The Carlos Acosta Story otherwise known as Yuli. London, SW6 4QL Tel: +44 20 7384 9011, Arizona Muse on How to Live a Better Life, The Flying Scot: A Moment In Time With Sir Jackie Stewart. In June 1991 he received his diploma with maximum qualifications and a gold medal. Or a pasta spaghetti with onions, tomato sauce and parmesan cheese on top and there you go. ), and the racism that all but splits his family down the middle is shocking. As you go down to the lower floor there are four photographs in the hallway of me in action, chosen not because they're of me but because they're by the dance and theatre photographer Anthony Crickmay. I wanted to produce two realities Ive always liked the two sides of the coin. But I like the idea of somebody on a quest: starting there, and coming here, with a conclusion that I still dont know. This leads to Yuli eventually submitting but feeling lonely and distressed when dance takes him away from his Cuban home. In the first year there are 20 students, that is, 14 Cubans and the six foreigners that I mentioned. a smacking kiss. ", He is contracted to the Royal Ballet for the next four years, "but I don't know if I'm going to finish it. Then I realised that Mam had roasted my pets and I cried a lot. Did he ever feel a twinge of guilt, or unease, at his success while his family still struggled at home? He celebrated his farewell after 17 years at The Royal Ballet, dancing his last performance in November 2015 in Carmen, which he both choreographed and starred in. Carlos does not know for sure how his nickname came about. And I think if you really want to be honest about it, there is nothing wrong with talking about something that is part of our daily life. From 1989 to 1991 Acosta performed throughout the world, guesting with many companies including the Compagnia Teatro Nuovo di Torino in Italy, where he danced alongside Luciana Savignano, and the Teatro Teresa Carreo in Venezuela. A meal might be rice with beans, rice with plantain, rice with sugar water, rice with egg and sometimes rice with meat. We used the term the three musketeers to mean rice, chicharos [split peas] and eggs, although at one point eggs disappeared completely. But 2018 is almost finished, we will say goodbye, before taking a deserved vacation, at the film festivals closing gala, with a dance embrace., Original interview in Spanish on Juventud Rebelde, Buy the book No Way Home by Carlos Acosta here https://shop.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/departments/books/138/no-way-homea-cuban-dancers-story. Dance Consortiums spring tour of Acosta Danzas Evolution opens at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 3 March; danceconsortium.com, Yuli: this portrait of Carlos Acosta and Cuba is a dance film like no other, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Carlos Acosta: My mother roasted my pet rabbits. There are two reasons for this. I remember when Iwas a student and a lot of my [friends] would rather play football on the street while I was working on the splits. He joined the bench on January 6, 2022. How hard I work means loneliness. MORE INTERVIEWS:Arizona Muse on How to Live a Better Life/Irons Man: Interview with Max Irons/The Flying Scot: A Moment In Time With Sir Jackie Stewart, Queen Charotte: A Bridgerton Story: Everything We Know So Far. Acosta was born in Havana, Cuba, on 2 June 1973, the eleventh and last child in an impoverished family. Yes, I did. Everyone had the possibility, but there is also the talent, and on top of the talent are the sacrifices. "It really has nothing to do with the audience. You have one season where you think youre the top of the world. Only a month ago it was the turn of Rudolf Nureyev inThe White Crowand now comes The Carlos Acosta Story otherwise known asYuli. Learn more. He won the schools gold medal aged 16 and was sent on a student exchange to Turin. I always lived with rationing in Cuba I was born in 1973. That was a big change because it was a very important company, and I was well-paid Id been earning one dollar a month in Cuba it was the so-called special period when everybody was on $1 a month., He loved Houston: I was so young, I was a machine, I could jump, twist in the air every night without tiring. I was sad, but I ate them. Carlos Acosta and Viengsay Valdes in Swan Lake by Ballet Nacional De Cuba . he says, again and again. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carlos Sergio Acosta in 1992, her sister, Marina O'Con, her brother, Ricky Hesles, and grandson, David Sergio Acosta. And then he wrote his own. The whole process of writing, I didnt know how to do it. -Very intense and full of light and art: we have works choregraphed by Marianela Boan, Goyo Montero; Juanjo Arqus, resident choreographer of the Dutch National Ballet; a gala tribute to the superprofessor we all love, Ramona de Sa, for her high contribution to Cuban culture; workshops with Pepe Hevia, tours of the UK, Spain And we will do everything possible to be back performing in Cuba in the fall of 2019.
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