Fernando Alonso [electronic resource] : the father of Cuban ballet / Toba Singer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singer, Toba
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013.
Subjects:
Alonso, Fernando, > 1914-2013.
Ballet dancers > Cuba > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2013 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2013 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2013 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Fernando Alonso: The Father of Cuban Ballet
Format: Electronic eBook
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.