Alicia Alonso bookcover

Alicia Alonso

Prima Ballerina

Raul Colon 

(Illustrator)
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Description

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.

Product Details

PublisherTwo Lions
Publish DateJanuary 15, 2019
Pages64
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781477810743
Dimensions10.4 X 8.5 X 0.2 inches | 0.4 pounds

About the Author

Author Carmen T. Bernier-Grand grew up in Puerto Rico. She is the author of several children's books, including Shake It, Morena and Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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