- 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]
Autumn in New York, and a Dawning in Havana
Autumn in New York, and a Dawning in Havana
- Chapter:
- (p.33) 7 Autumn in New York, and a Dawning in Havana
- Source:
- Fernando Alonso
- Author(s):
Toba Singer
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
Fernando discusses his and Alicia’s return to Ballet Theatre and the repertoire they danced during the next two seasons, as well as the plans they made to invite BT dancers to dance in subsequent Pro-Arte Festivals in the summer and the repertoire they brought from New York, along with sets, costumes, and musicians.
Keywords: Barn Dance, Antes del alba, Sombras, Rascacielos, Alberto Alonso, Pillar of Fire, Antony Tudor, Artur Rubinstein, Giselle, Alicia Alonso
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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]
