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Alicia Alonso and her Ballet Nacional de Cuba restore its dramatic sprine to the classic ballet Giselle, stregthening its story and investing countles(...)
Alicia Alonso and her Ballet Nacional de Cuba restore its dramatic sprine to the classic ballet Giselle, stregthening its story and investing countles(...)

Alicia Alonso and her Ballet Nacional de Cuba restore its dramatic sprine to the classic ballet Giselle, stregthening its story and investing countles(...)

Date6/27/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Alicia Alonso and her Ballet Nacional de Cuba restore its dramatic sprine to the classic ballet Giselle, stregthening its story and investing countless details with sudden new meaning. Alonso, here partnered by Jorge Esquivel, is one of the great Giselles of our day. Now 56 and a grandmother, she can no longer dance the steps as she once did, but her insights into the character of the peasant girl still command admiration.
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Ballerina Alicia Alonso. Her work in Cuba has made her a national heroine
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