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Author(s): Toba Singer
ISBN(s): 9780813045009, 0813045002
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.15 MB
Year: 2013
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0813045002

ISBN 13: 9780813045009

Author:  Toba Singer 

“A riveting look into the life and times of a great dance artist. From a small island shrouded in mystery, Fernando Alonso changed the face of ballet for the world. Bravo! A standing ovation for a great read about a fantastic life.”—Ben Vereen, Tony Award winner

“One of the most fascinating books I have ever read. Cuba is a mystery to so many of us, and this book gives an insight into the making of a great ballet style and company. A must—read for dancers, students, and balletomanes.”—David Howard, Broadway Dance Center

“A long—overdue book about one of the most influential figures in the making of the Cuban ballet miracle.”—Lynn Garafola, author of Legacies of Twentieth—Century Dance

“A greatly informative—and unusually structured—account of one of ballet’s most influential and impressive teachers from the past hundred years. The English—speaking dance world has lost track of him owing to Two Cold Wars-that between the United States and Cuba and that between Alonso and his former wife and inspiration, Alicia. The interviews Singer conducts here unflinchingly take stock of both.”—Mindy Aloff, author of Dance Anecdotes

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: Después (After)

  1. Cuban Revolution Triumphs—and Invests in Ballet!

  2. Constructing Ballet Schools, Extending the Revolution

  3. International Recognition Abroad, at Home, on Film, and in Print

  4. Camagúey: The Center of Gravity Shifts

  5. Révérence

Part III: Recuerdos (Recollections)

  • Introduction

  • Aurora Bosch

  • Carlos Acosta

  • Azari Plisetsky

  • Ramona de Sáa

  • Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño

  • Tarda Vergara

  • Menia Martínez

  • René de Cárdenas

  • John White

  • Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla

  • Jorge Esquivel

  • Lorna Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal

  • Donald Saddler

  • Grettel Morejón

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