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Fernando Alonso : The Father of Cuban Ballet /
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...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florida :
University Press of Florida,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- Despues (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 ; Reverence
- Recuerdos (Recollections). Introduction ; Aurora Bosch ; Carlos Acosta ; Azari Plisetsky ; Ramona de Sáa ; Lázaro Carreño and Yoel Carreño ; Tania Vergara ; Menia Martínez ; Rene 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 Assemblee 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.