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020 _a9780813045009
020 _z9780813044026 (alk. paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aGV1785.A634
_bS56 2013
082 0 0 _a792.802/8092
_aB
_223
100 1 _aSinger, Toba.
245 1 0 _aFernando Alonso
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe father of Cuban ballet /
_cToba Singer.
260 _aGainesville :
_bUniversity Press of Florida,
_cc2013.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (240 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPart 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 etoile -- 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 -- Rene de Cárdenas -- John White -- Lorena Feijóo and Lupe Calzadilla -- Jorge Esquivel -- Lorena Feijóo and Nelson Madrigal -- Donald Saddler -- Grettel Morejón.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aAlonso, Fernando,
_d1914-
650 0 _aBallet dancers
_zCuba
_vBiography.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813045009/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c32300
_d32300