Monday, 26 December 2011 17:08
Foto gentileza de Juventud Rebelde
Pogolotti, an emblematic cuban neighborhood, witnessed the birth of one of the most representative artists of dance: Alicia Alonso.
Born on December 21, 1920, she began her first studies of dance at the age of nine. Some time later, she studied ballet in New York and London, but her artistic career took off with musicals from Broadway.
Her handicap, parcial blindness, did not stop her from becoming one of the first stars of the American Ballet Theater. From that time on, she devoted herself to becoming one of the greatest ballerinas of the world scene, where she regaled us with memorable interpretations of works such as: Giselle, Carmen, Cascanueces, El lago de los cicnes, among others from the history of dance, stamped with her unrivaled mark.
On October 28, 1948 she founded the Ballet Alicia Alonso (the current national ballet of Cuba), where she sat as chair along with the director and dancer, Fernando Alonso, who was her husband and from who she took her last name.
As a ballerina she has been admired, acclaimed and venerated across five continents for her unique style as well as her pure style and performance onstage. Her role as choreographer has been fundamental in her career, where she distinguished herself in works such as: Fall River, Leyend, La viuda alegre and Shakespeare and his massacres.
She has received numerous prizes and recognitions, is goodwill ambassador of the UNESCO, but above all, Alicia Alonso has given her life to dance; for this we wish to raise our glass to her and wish her long-standing ovations.
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