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3 unusual facts about Alicia Alonso


Dania Krupska

Krupska also assisted de Mille on the ballet Fall River Legend (1948); de Mille's insistence that Krupska be allowed to dance one performance as Lizzie Borden led to an explosive quarrel with Alicia Alonso, unbeknownst to Krupska herself.

René de Cárdenas

He started dancing with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba for 30 years, under the direction of renowned Cuban names like Alicia Alonso, Jorge Esquivel, Andrés Williams, José Zamorano, Alberto Terrero…

Yat-Sen Chang

In 1989 he graduated as a dancer and teacher and joined the Cuban National Ballet under Alicia Alonso.


Francisco Rodón

Known for his portraits of important local, regional and world figures, such as Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, Puerto Rican patriarch Luis Muñoz Marín, Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso and Perú's Mario Vargas Llosa, Marta Traba he is also known for his landscapes and still lifes.

Gennady Alferenko

Terpsichore organized events with performances of Soviet and world culture stars, such as Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Ekaterina Maximova, Alicia Alonso, Vladimir Vasiliev, Maris Liepa, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

International Ballet Festival of Havana

The 6th festival was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Foundation of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and to the 35th anniversary of Alicia Alonso’s debut in the role of Giselle.


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