Fernando Alonso the father of Cuban ballet /

Main Author: Singer, Toba.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10655705
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300 |a xxii, 240 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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 βetoile -- 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. Camagθuey: the center of gravity shifts -- 20. Reverence -- Part III: Recuerdos (recollections) -- Introduction -- Aurora Bosch -- Carlos Acosta -- Azari Plisetsky -- Ramona de Sβaa -- Lβazaro Carreδno and Yoel Carreδno -- Tania Vergara -- Menia Martβinez -- Renβe de Cβardenas -- John White -- Lorena Feijβoo and Lupe Calzadilla -- Jorge Esquivel -- Lorena Feijβoo and Nelson Madrigal -- Donald Saddler -- Grettel Morejβon. 
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