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

Prologue with Letter from Alicia Alonso -- Acknowledgments -- Antes (Before). Always Ask Why ; Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York ; Alicia, Fernando, and Laura : Giant Steps Across a Changing Landscape ; Musicals, Mordkin, Balanchine, and the Birth of Ballet Theatre ; Repertoire, Camaraderie, and an Étoile ; Challenges and Pilgrimages ; Autumn in New York, and a Dawning in Havana ; Ballet Theatre, a University of Dance, and More ; Ballet Alicia Alonso ; El Maestro de Maestros, the Father of Cuban Ballet ; Crafting a Curriculum, Sculpting a Style ; Legends and Lessons : Laura and Loipa ; A Revolutionary Proposal ; Batista's Blackmail Bid ; The Soviet Union Invites the Alonsos -- Después (After). Cuban Revolution Triumphs - and Invests in Ballet! ; Constructing Ballet Schools, Extending the Revolution ; International Recognition Abroad, at Home, on Film, and in Print ; Camagüey : The Center of Gravity Shifts ; Révérence -- 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 ; Lorna Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal ; Donald Saddler ; Grettel Morejón -- Appendix A : Dance Magazine Interview ; Appendix B : La danza eterna Interview ; Appendix C : Address to the Assemblée Internationale, Toronto ; Appendix D : Prizes Awarded to Cuban National Ballet Dancers, 1964-1974 ; Appendix E : Selected BNC-Commissioned Repertoire Works, 1959-1974 ; Appendix F : Elementary, Middle Ballet, and National Arts Schools ; Appendix G : Proposal on Ballet ; Appendix H : Revolutionary Government Statute to Guarantee National Ballet and Law 812.

Written records of Alonso's work are scarce, yet the author'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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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