Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
Contents |
Prologue with Letter from Alicia Alonso -- Acknowledgments -- Antes (Before). Always Ask Why ; Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York ; Alicia, Fernando, and Laura : Giant Steps Across a Changing Landscape ; Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the Birth of Ballet Theatre ; Repertoire, Camaraderie, and an Étoile ; Challenges and Pilgrimages ; Autumn in New York, and a Dawning in Havana ; Ballet Theatre, a University of Dance, and More ; Ballet Alicia Alonso ; El Maestro de Maestros, the Father of Cuban Ballet ; Crafting a Curriculum, Sculpting a Style ; Legends and Lessons : Laura and Loipa ; A Revolutionary Proposal ; Batista's Blackmail Bid ; The Soviet Union Invites the Alonsos -- Después (After). Cuban Revolution Triumphs - and Invests in Ballet! ; Constructing Ballet Schools, Extending the Revolution ; International Recognition Abroad, at Home, on Film, and in Print ; Camagüey : The Center of Gravity Shifts ; Révérence -- Recuerdos (Recollections). Introduction ; Aurora Bosch ; Carlos Acosta ; Azari Plisetsky ; Ramona de Sáa ; Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño ; Tania Vergara ; Menia Martínez ; René de Cárdenas ; John White ; Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla ; Jorge Esquivel ; Lorna Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal ; Donald Saddler ; Grettel Morejón -- Appendix A : Dance Magazine Interview ; Appendix B : La danza eterna Interview ; Appendix C : Address to the Assemblée Internationale, Toronto ; Appendix D : Prizes Awarded to Cuban National Ballet Dancers, 1964-1974 ; Appendix E : Selected BNC-Commissioned Repertoire Works, 1959-1974 ; Appendix F : Elementary, Middle Ballet, and National Arts Schools ; Appendix G : Proposal on Ballet ; Appendix H : Revolutionary Government Statute to Guarantee National Ballet and Law 812 |
Summary |
Written records of Alonso's work are scarce, yet the author's quest to spotlight his seminal role in the development of the modern ballet canon yields key material: pre-blockade tapes from Lincoln Center, Spanish-language sources from the Museum of Dance in Havana, and interviews with the ballet master himself alongside a broad range of friends, relatives, and collaborators from throughout his long career, including his ex-wife, Alicia, a famous ballerina in her own right |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Alonso, Fernando, 1914-2013.
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SUBJECT |
Alonso, Fernando, 1914-2013 fast |
Subject |
Ballet dancers -- Cuba -- Biography
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Classical & Ballet.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Modern.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Reference.
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Ballet dancers
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Cuba
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2012031969 |
ISBN |
9780813045009 |
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0813045002 |
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0813044022 |
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9780813044026 |
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0813047102 |
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9780813047102 |
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0813046254 |
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9780813046259 |
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