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[Alberto Alonso]

Title
  1. [Alberto Alonso] [videorecording]
Published by
  1. 1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974
  2. Parera Villalón, Célida,
  3. Calero, Sonia
  4. Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015
  5. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
  6. Salgado, Orlando
  7. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  8. Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical (Havana, Cuba)
  9. Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
  10. Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet
  11. Ballet Alicia Alonso.
  12. DHCA.
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (122 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Interview with Cuban dancer and choreographer Alberto Alonso, followed by pre-recorded examples of his choreography.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Célida Parera Villalón.
Uniform title
  1. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
Subject
  1. Interviews
  2. Dance > Cuba
  3. Video
  4. Ballet > Cuba
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Interviews.
  3. Video.
Contents
  1. Interview (ca. 68 min) / Alonso talks about his early days with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, his contributions to the establishment of ballet in Cuba through the Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, and the Ballet Alicia Alonso, his creation of the ballet Carmen for Maya Plisetskaya and the Bolshoi Ballet, and his decision to leave Cuba. He also discusses Cuban popular dances such as the rumba and mambo, and their role in creating a Cuban national style of dancing. His wife, dancer Sonia Calero, appears briefly.
  2. Ritmo de Cuba [excerpts] (ca. 15 min.) / performed by El Ballet de Alberto Alonso.
  3. Tributo a José White [excerpts] (ca. 7 min.) / music, José White ; performed by Alicia Alonso, Orlando Salgado, and members of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
  4. Maya Plisetskaya in Carmen [excerpts] (ca. 32 min.) / music, Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin ; performed by the Bolshoi Ballet: Maya Plisetskaya (Carmen), Nikolai Fadeyechev (José), Sergei Radchenko (the bullfighter), Aleksandr Lavrenyuk (the magistrate), Natalya Kasatkina (Fate), and others. For a complete recording of this work, see *MGZIB 3-133.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2078
Note
  1. Title from information provided by donor.
Event (note)
  1. Videotaped in New York on September 20, 1994.
Title
  1. [Alberto Alonso] [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. 1994.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. Interviewee: Alberto Alonso.
  2. Interviewer: Célida Villalón.
Event
  1. Videotaped in New York on September 20, 1994.
Added author
  1. Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974, choreographer,, interviewee.
  2. Parera Villalón, Célida,, interviewer.
  3. Calero, Sonia, depicted.
  4. Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, dancer.
  5. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer.
  6. Salgado, Orlando, dancer.
  7. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  8. Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical (Havana, Cuba)
  9. Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
  10. Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet
  11. Ballet Alicia Alonso.
  12. DHCA.
Added title
  1. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-2078
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