Alicia Alonso’s artistic achievements are remarkable, especially 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 of the Ballet Theater. Returning to Cuba in 1948, she founded her own company, which would eventually become the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
In elegant free verse and stunning artwork rendered in watercolor, colored pencils, and lithograph pencils on watercolor paper, Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and Raúl Colón 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.
- ISBN10 0761455620
- ISBN13 9780761455622
- Publish Date 1 September 2011
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Amazon Publishing
- Imprint Two Lions
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 64
- Language English