Alicia Alonso
Author | : Carmen T. Bernier-Grand |
Publisher | : Two Lions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION |
ISBN | : 9780761455622 |
A biography of Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso.
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Author | : Carmen T. Bernier-Grand |
Publisher | : Two Lions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION |
ISBN | : 9780761455622 |
A biography of Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso.
Author | : Rose Viña |
Publisher | : Albert Whitman & Company |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 080751456X |
STARRED REVIEW! "The inspirational life of ballerina Alicia Alonso is shared with young readers in this lovingly illustrated beginning biography. The illustrations excellently depict Alicia's dedication as well as the difficulties with her eyesight and will inspire readers to chase their dreams amid challenges and struggles."—School Library Journal starred review Alicia Alonso wouldn't let her vision impairment keep her from dancing. As a young girl in Cuba, Alicia Alonso practiced ballet in tennis shoes. Within a few years, she was in New York City, with a promising ballet career. But her eyesight began to fail. When Alicia needed surgeries to save her vision, dancing was impossible, but she wouldn't give up her dream. She found the strength and determination to return to the stage and become a prima ballerina. This is the true story of a woman who overcame her challenges, mastered her art, and inspired others to dance and dream.
Author | : Beatrice Siegel |
Publisher | : Frederick Warne |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Follows the career of a Cuban ballerina who continues to dance despite failing eyesight.
Author | : Toba Singer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780813044026 |
Presents a supplemented, book-length interview with the founding figure of the Cuban National Ballet and an advocate for bringing ballet to the masses in the wake of the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Author | : Octavio Roca |
Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1423615409 |
Just as Russian dancers defected from the former Soviet Union in the 1970s, Cuban dancers are now fleeing Castro's regime in droves. Their unique style of ballet is galvanizing the world of dance. This beautifully illustrated book explores the history of Cuban ballet by focusing on the life and career of the indomitable Alicia Alonso. The author also spotlights many of the young dancers who are now part of the growing Cuban Diaspora and who are changing the face of ballet: Lorena Feijoo, Lorna Feijoo, Joan Boada, Taras Domitro, Jose Manuel Carreno, and Carlos Acosta to name but a few.
Author | : Ann Louise Bardach |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0307425428 |
From America’s number one Cuba reporter, PEN award–winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big book on Cuba we’ve all been waiting for. An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century’s wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that lie at the heart of the forty-three-year standoff between Miami and Havana. Famous to many Americans for her cover stories and media appearances, Ann Louise Bardach has been covering Cuba for a decade. She’s talked to the crooks, spooks and politicians who have made history, and to their hired assassins and confidants. Based on exclusive interviews with Fidel Castro, his sister Juanita, his former brother-in-law Rafael Díaz-Balart, the family of Elián González, the friends and family of the legendary American fugitive Robert Vesco, the intrepid terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, and the inner circles of Jeb Bush and the late exile leader Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuba Confidential exposes the hardball take-no-prisoners tactics of the Cuban exile leadership, and its manipulation and exploitation by ten American presidents. Bardach homes in on Fidel Castro and his cronies, taking us closer than we’ve ever been—and on the militant exiles who have devoted their lives, with CIA connivance, to trying to eliminate him. From Calle Ocho to Juan Miguel González’s kitchen table in Cárdenas, from Guantánamo Bay to Union City to Washington, D.C., Ann Louise Bardach serves up an unforgettable portrait of Cuba and its exiles.
Author | : Rebel Girls |
Publisher | : Rebel Girls |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781734264180 |
A 2021 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARDS WINNER! From the creators of the bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. An irresistible collection of five chapter books about the real lives of five extraordinary women throughout history, including Ada Lovelace, Madam C. J. Walker, Dr. Wangari Maathai, Junko Tabei, and Alicia Alonso. This hardcover boxed set includes: Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage This gorgeous hardcover boxed set is the perfect gift to inspire any young reader. It contains five individual, historical fiction chapter books, each exploring the life and times of an extraordinary woman in global history. Readers will meet Ada Lovelace—a nineteenth-century pioneer in computer science; Madam C. J. Walker—an early leader in the African American beauty industry; Dr. Wangari Maathai—an environmental warrior and Nobel Peace Prize winner from Kenya; Junko Tabei—a champion in mountaineering who became the first woman to summit Mount Everest; and Alicia Alonso—a prima ballerina and remarkable creator in the world of dance. Each stunningly designed chapter book features at least ten full-color illustrations from a female artist, as well as bonus activities in the backmatter to encourage kids to explore the various fields in which each of these women thrived.
Author | : Rebel Girls |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1734264195 |
"With this powerful, hope-filled story of overcoming one's obstacles, readers will close this book and feel inspired to leave a legacy of their own." -School Library Journal From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Alicia Alonso, a world-renowned prima ballerina from Cuba. Alicia was born to dance. From the moment she slips on pointe shoes for the first time, she's determined to become a professional ballerina. A few years later, Alicia moves from Cuba to the United States to follow her dreams. Then, Alicia begins to lose her sight. How can a ballerina dance if she can't see where she's going? Stuck in bed and only able to practice with her fingertips, Alicia doesn't give up. She finds a way to get back on stage, dancing into the hearts of audiences as one of the world's most famous prima ballerinas. Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage is the story of a world-renowned prima ballerina who impressed people all over the world with her beautiful dancing while living with visual impairments. This is a story about perseverance in the face of adversity, and how the arts can afford women the opportunity to achieve a global impact. This historical fiction chapter book includes additional text on Alicia Alonso's lasting legacy, as well as movement-based activities designed to encourage creativity and confidence through dance. About the Rebel Girls Chapter Book Series Meet extraordinary real-life heroines in the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls chapter book series! Introducing stories based on the lives of extraordinary women in global history, each stunningly designed chapter book features beautiful illustrations from a female artist as well as bonus activities in the backmatter to encourage kids to explore the various fields in which each of these women thrived. The perfect gift to inspire any young reader!
Author | : Toba Singer |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007-08-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Profiles ballet dancers from the last century that made significant contributions to the various forms of ballet dancing, with information on each dancer's style, artistic background, associations with notable choreographers, partners, and composers, and their most memorable performances.
Author | : Carmen Bernier-Grand |
Publisher | : Two Lions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Ballerinas |
ISBN | : 9781477810743 |
Alicia Alonso'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 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.