Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina

Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina

Alicia Alonsoâ€™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 RaÃºl ColÃ³n capture the seminal events in Alonsoâ€™s life. The back matter includes a biography, Alonsoâ€™s ballets, choreography, and awards, a glossary, sources, notes, and websites.
Country USA
Manufacturer Two Lions
Binding School & Library Binding
ItemPartNumber FBA-|301149
ReleaseDate 2011-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780761455622