A presentation on the artistic legacy of the legendary and controversial Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso, including a biographical short by award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns and rare clips from the 1990 unique performance in Palma de Mallorca that brought her together with two other legends of dance and opera, Rudolf Nureyev and Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles.
With a panel of distinguished personalities from the world of ballet, including ballet scholar Lester Tomé; author Octavio Roca (Cuban Ballet), a personal friend of Alonso; and former student Caridad Martínez (now a faculty member at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater).
Moderated by Prof. Ana María Hernández (CUNY).
INSTITUTO CERVANTES
211 East 49th Street, bet. 2nd & 3rd Aves., NYC
FREE ADMISSION for CCCNY and IC Members
RSVP at: info@cubanculturalcenter.org
[Pictured above: Alicia Alonso, Rudolf Nureyev, and Victoria de los Ángeles in the 1990 production of Alberto Méndez’s Poema del amor y del mar, during the I International Festival of Music and Dance in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.]
For a rare 1958 clip of Alicia in Giselle with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, click here:
This event is presented in celebration of Women’s History Month
And is co-sponsored by Instituto Cervantes
And supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
With the collaboration of Steeplechase Films
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