Fernando Alonso : the father of Cuban ballet / Toba Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, Toba.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballet dancers--Cuba--Biography.

Ballet dancers.

Alonso, Fernando, 1914-.

Alonso, Fernando.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4710-2

0-8130-4625-4

0-8130-4500-2

OCLC:

827207337