03547nam 2200601 a 450 991045306050332120200520144314.00-8130-4710-20-8130-4625-40-8130-4500-2(CKB)2550000001113266(EBL)1122594(OCoLC)827207337(SSID)ssj0000833207(PQKBManifestationID)11447611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833207(PQKBWorkID)10935304(PQKB)11567874(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155648(MiAaPQ)EBC1122594(MdBmJHUP)muse25855(Au-PeEL)EBL1122594(CaPaEBR)ebr10655705(CaONFJC)MIL513131(EXLCZ)99255000000111326620120815d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFernando Alonso[electronic resource] the father of Cuban ballet /Toba SingerGainesville University Press of Floridac20131 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-4402-2 1-299-81880-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Written records of Alonso's work are scarce, yet Toba Singer'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.Ballet dancersCubaBiographyElectronic books.Ballet dancers792.802/8092BSinger Toba927812MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453060503321Fernando Alonso2084524UNINA