Fernando Alonso
Subtitle: the father of Cuban ballet
By: Toba Singer
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780813044026
Subjects: Ballet dancers; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Antes (before); title: 1. Always ask why; title: 2. Pro-arte musical, Yavorsky, and New York; title: 3. Alicia, Fernando, and Laura: giant steps across a changing landscape; title: 4. Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the birth of ballet theatre; title: 5. Repertoire, camaraderie, and an étoile; title: 6. Challenges and pilgrimages; title: 7. Autumn in New York, and a dawning in Havana; title: 8. Ballet Theatre, a university of dance, and more . . .; title: 9. Ballet Alicia Alonso; title: 10. El maestro de maestros, the father of Cuban ballet; title: 11. Crafting a curriculum, sculpting a style; title: 12. Legends and lessons: Laura and Loipa; title: 13. A revolutionary proposal; title: 14. Batista's blackmail bid; title: 15. The Soviet Union invites the Alonsos; title: Part II: Despuis (after); title: 16. Cuban revolution triumphs and invests in ballet!; title: 17. Constructing ballet schools, extending the revolution; title: 18. International recognition abroad, at home, on film, and in print; title: 19. Camagüey: the center of gravity shifts; title: 20. Reverence; title: Part III: Recuerdos (recollections); title: Introduction; title: Aurora Bosch; title: Carlos Acosta; title: Azari Plisetsky; title: Ramona de Sáa; title: Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño; title: Tania Vergara; title: Menia Martínez; title: René de Cárdenas; title: John White; title: Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla; title: Jorge Esquivel; title: Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal; title: Donald Saddler; title: Grettel Morejón.