Synopses & Reviews
Alicia Alonso's artistic achievements are remarkable,
considering that she became partially blind and lost
her peripheral vision at age nineteen. From childhood, she
exhibited a passion for dancing, studying first in Cuba and later
in New York City, where she became an overnight
sensation in Giselle and was promoted to principal
dancer in Ballet Theater. Returning to Cuba in 1948, she
founded her own company, which eventually folded due to
lack of funding. In 1959 the Cuban government gave
her enough money to establish a new dance school, Ballet
Nacional de Cuba, which Alonso directs to this day. In elegant
free verse and stunning artwork rendered in watercolor, colored
pencils, and lithograph pencils on watercolor paper, Carmen T.
Bernier-Grand and Ra??l Col??n capture the seminal events in
Alonso's life. The back matter includes a biography,
Alonso's ballets, choreography, and awards,
a glossary, sources, notes, and websites.
Synopsis
A biography in free verse of Cuba's most famous ballerina
Synopsis
Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Bernier-Grand, Carmen T ( Author ) Hardcover Sep- 2011 ] Hardcover Sep- 01- 2011