Alonso inspires.(New York Matters)(Ballet Nacional de Cuba)(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

"After fifty-five years of directing the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, I'm still working and still learning," Alicia Alonso told a group of dance students and teachers during BNC's October 2003 visit to New York. Alonso started the company in 1948 but things really took off when, in 1959, Castro's revolutionary government offered support--a message reportedly delivered by Fidel himself

The message she conveys to children, Alonso says, is that in Cuba, dance is a legitimate career. In addition to BNC, the organization has four other companies, each under its own director. She ...

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