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“Today I join the sorrow over the death of Alicia Alonso, everything she created, everything she gave us, for being the main foundation of a school of ballet that has given so much glory to our country, for having been the root of our dance movement. That day I was dazzled by her knowledge and her memory, by the recollection of those distant stories that when told by her became so close. It was an unforgettable experience because, among the corrections, Alicia told us anecdotes about the choreographer. At another time I had the privilege of rehearsing under her The Spirit of the Rose, by Michel Fokine. “I had the joy of dancing with Alicia Alonso on one occasion. Then, together with Fernando and Alberto Alonso, she founded the School in our country and the subsequent story is already known: the Cuban ballet, our dancers, are applauded with admiration throughout the world. Her struggle to be recognized opened the doors of classical ballet to all the young people of our continent who dreamed of dancing and she placed the name of Cuba on the billboards of the great international stages. She imposed her Latino name, her physique, her personality.
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All these prejudices were demolished when Alicia Alonso entered the scene. Being the daughter of a small island in the Caribbean, Alonso imposed herself against all the barriers that said that ballet was an art of developed countries, that the physical and Latin temperament did not conform to the requirements of classical dance. “At this moment I cannot stop thinking about everything we owe to Alicia, about the extraordinary legacy that Alicia has left us. The physical life of a woman ends the endless legend begins.” One of her last disciples, BCN first dancer Grettel Morejón, wrote after the death of Alonso that this “is a sad day. The death of the remarkable artist has caused consternation inside and outside the island, and there are numerous messages of condolences in the social media from figures of all spheres. Then it would become the BNC after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Recognized as Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Alonso had headed this prestigious company since she founded it with her name in 1948 together with her husband, Fernando Alonso, from whom she took the surname. Legendary Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso, one of the leading figures of world dance in the 20th century, died this Thursday in Havana.Īlicia, who would turn 99 next December, was hospitalized due to health complications at the Center for Surgical Medical Research (CIMEQ) of the Cuban capital, where she died around noon, reported EFE news agency, which quoted a representative of the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC).