Fernando Alonso the father of Cuban ballet /
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University Press of Florida,
c2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Antes (before)
- 1. Always ask why
- 2. Pro-arte musical, Yavorsky, and New York
- 3. Alicia, Fernando, and Laura: giant steps across a changing landscape
- 4. Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the birth of ballet theatre
- 5. Repertoire, camaraderie, and an étoile
- 6. Challenges and pilgrimages
- 7. Autumn in New York, and a dawning in Havana
- 8. Ballet Theatre, a university of dance, and more . . .
- 9. Ballet Alicia Alonso
- 10. El maestro de maestros, the father of Cuban ballet
- 11. Crafting a curriculum, sculpting a style
- 12. Legends and lessons: Laura and Loipa
- 13. A revolutionary proposal
- 14. Batista's blackmail bid
- 15. The Soviet Union invites the Alonsos
- Part II: Despuis (after)
- 16. Cuban revolution triumphs and invests in ballet!
- 17. Constructing ballet schools, extending the revolution
- 18. International recognition abroad, at home, on film, and in print
- 19. Camagüey: the center of gravity shifts
- 20. Reverence
- Part III: 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
- Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal
- Donald Saddler
- Grettel Morejón.