[NYTr] Cuban Ballet Choreographer Alberto Dead at Age 90
 
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 23:05:46 -0600 (CST)

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Cuban Ballet Choreographer Alberto Alonso Passes Away

Havana, Jan 3 (acn) Cuban ballet choreographer Alberto Alonso, creator 
of the ballet Carmen, died January 1, aged 90, in Gainesville, Florida, 
United States, where he lived over the last few years.

Internationally-renowned Alberto Alonso was one of the founders of what 
later became Cuba's National Ballet and the Cuban Ballet School, along 
with his elder brother Fernando and sister-in-law Alicia Alonso.

Alberto Alonso broke with the artistic prejudices of his epoch and 
studied Pro Arte Musical, in Havana in 1930, says a Juventud Rebelde 
newspaper online report. He was followed by his brother Fernando, with 
whom, after marrying Alicia MartC-nez (Alicia Alonso) in 1938, made up 
the trio that set the foundations of the ballet in the island.

In the mid 1940's, Alberto Alonso shined as the first dancer of the 
Russian Ballet of Montecarlo. He traveled all over Europe, U.S, and 
Australia performing the roles of Prince Igor, The Prodigious Son, 
Petrushka and Le Coq d'Or, among others. He starred in the ballets of 
choreographers Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Leonide Massine and 
Sir Anton Dolin.

Late in the 1930s, Alberto joined the American Ballet Theatre, hosting 
outstanding choreographers such as Anthony Tudor and Jerome Robbins, 
and participated along with Fred Astaire in the film 'Yolanda.' In 1948 
he returned to Cuba to join the recently created Alicia Alonso Ballet.

Years later, he created his own ballet company and started his career 
as a choreographer. Among his best creations are the dramatic ballet 
'Carmen' and the musical comedy 'Un Dia en el Solar,' first performed 
in the Musical Theatre of Havana in 1965. 
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