- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue with Letter from Alicia Alonso
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Always Ask Why -
2 Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York -
3 Alicia, Fernando, and Laura -
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 -
13 A Revolutionary Proposal -
14 Batista’s Blackmail Bid -
15 The Soviet Union Invites the Alonsos -
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 - Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
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Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York
Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York
- Chapter:
- (p.10) 2 Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York
- Source:
- Fernando Alonso
- Author(s):
Toba Singer
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
Alonso describes his passion for science, physical culture, and sports, his introduction to the ballet studio and exposure to performing arts luminaries, and the beginnings of his relationship with Alicia Martínez, who would become his wife and a world-renowned ballerina.
Keywords: Nikolai Yavorsky, Pro-Arte Musical, Alicia Martínez, Alberto Alonso, Ballet Russe, Col. de Basil, Flamenco, Theatre Champs Elysées, Dr. Antonio Nuñez Jiménez, Caverna Santo Tomás
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Prologue with Letter from Alicia Alonso
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Always Ask Why -
2 Pro-Arte Musical, Yavorsky, and New York -
3 Alicia, Fernando, and Laura -
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 -
13 A Revolutionary Proposal -
14 Batista’s Blackmail Bid -
15 The Soviet Union Invites the Alonsos -
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 - Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
- [UNTITLED]
