biography
| name: |
Alonso, Alicia
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originally Alicia de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo
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pronunciation:
[alonsoh]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1921– )
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| biography:
| Dancer and choreographer, born in Havana, Cuba. She launched her career in the USA where she studied and performed with the School of American Ballet and George Balanchine. In 1948 she returned to Cuba to form the Alicia Alonso Company, which grew into a national ballet company for Cuba. As a dancer she was famed for several roles, particularly the title role in Giselle. |
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