- 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]
Challenges and Pilgrimages
Challenges and Pilgrimages
- Chapter:
- (p.29) 6 Challenges and Pilgrimages
- Source:
- Fernando Alonso
- Author(s):
Toba Singer
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
Ballet Theatre looks to expand but experiences financial woes, Alicia Alonso develops retinal problems and must return to Cuba, Fernando accompanies her and begins work at Pro-Arte, bringing dancers from Ballet Theatre and Ballet Russe to dance with Cuban-trained dancers
Keywords: Alicia Alonso, Bronislava Nijinska, Alexandra Denisova, Léon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Natalia Goncharova, Vladimir Horowitz, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Artur Rubenstein, First Pro-Arte Festival
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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]
